In a message dated 5/24/2007 9:03:34 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> When I first asked myself this question, I thought the answer was "it
probably doesn't matter", but after a while I wasn't so sure. Perhaps
you can help. Here it is:
> I use a full body harness when climbing, and also I wear a lineman's
belt. The belt is the kind with two D-rings on each side for a
positioning lanyard. The body harness has a single D-ring in the back
for a double-lanyard fall arrestor.
> My question is, which should go on first? In other words, is the
lineman's belt worn on top of the body harness or underneath it? As
long as there is no emergency, it probably does not matter, but what
if there is? Is there a best practice, and why?
Hiya, Bill --
I would put the harness on first and then the lineman's belt (also
called generically a safety belt). The reason being that if you ever have to
take
advantage of your fall arrest harness's purpose in life (i.e. catching you in
case you ever peel off of a tower), you don't want anything under the
harness as it will put even more pressure on those parts of your body where
the
belt is. If you've ever hung in a FAH, you'll quickly get the picture. Hanging
in a FAH is potentially life threatening - don't add to the problem.
> If this has been discussed before, please forgive me but I don't
recall it. All comments welcome.
It's one of those rare NEW TOPICS!
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
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