Doug
I'm retired from a large public electric utility and a lot of our safety
meetings had films of people doing stupid things. I'd much rather learn
from someone else's mistakes than make my own...
Granted... film of a depression where the body hit may be a bit over the
top. But, showing Bubba sitting on the limb while he cuts it off from
the tree is a bit easier to stomach as well as a bit humorous...
I don't like watching films where people stick their arms into places
where they will get chopped off or burned off but it is certainly
something that will remind me that maybe it is something I should be
careful about doing myself..
I have found that most accidents are due to at least 2 to 3 or more
really stupid mistakes on the part of the decedent...
Personally, I think that anything you can do to get people thinking
about safety is a good thing. I was a foreman of a crew and I did my
best to let my crew know that I wanted them to come back into the shop
at the end of the day looking just as pretty (or not pretty) as they
were when they left the shop in the morning... nothing like a 480 volt
arc right in front of you to really ruin your day and your face.... My
priorities were "safety", "quality of work" and "quantity of work" in
that order....
John KE7JGB
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>> ------- Original Message Follows -------
>> From: ve6pr@canada.com
>> To: "Kirk Mohror"<kmohror@comcast.net>
>> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] In need of pictures
>> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:09:53
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>> Kirk
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>> I am a tower rigger by profession...
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>> "Stupid things" on a tower usually immediately lead to injury/death &/or
>> broken equipment.
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>> Negative instruction, demos or pictures is not the way to instruct tower
>> safety...
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>> I feel that showing you the bent lighting rod on a 400 foot tower that a
>> rigger was attached to, and the depression in the ground at the base the
>> tower where his body hit is a grotesque example of what you are attempting
>> to do.
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>> Teach solid, industry complient, proven techniques and skills in regards to
>> tower work.
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>> Doug Westacott
>> VE6PR
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>>> ------- Original Message Follows -------
>>> From: "Kirk Mohror" <kmohror@comcast.net>
>>> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] In need of pictures
>>> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:13:11 -0800
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>>> I am putting on a tower climbing safety presentation for one of our club
>>> meetings. I am looking for pictures of people doing the wrong (ie.,
>>> read...stupid) things on a tower. You can post here or send them to kmohror
>>> AT Comcast DOT net. Any other info will be appreciated.
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>>> Thanks,
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>>> Kirk Mohror
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>>> K7EKM
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