> At around the first of July I went to another ham's home to help him
with some antenna work on his 40 ft crank-up, which was cranked down
to 20 ft.
> I belted up around the outside-side of the tower with a waist belt
harness. With the tower being difficult to climb due to very little
to stand on, I made it up to height where the top of my head was even
with the top of the tower. As I tried to get a footing to get my
head above the top of the tower both of my feet slipped from the
toe-hold I had.
> I slid down the face of the tower with the rope holding me against
the tower, landed on a seven foot step ladder with my but, bounced
off of that and landed at the base of the tower standing up.
> I was not seriously injured, but had a lot of scratches and cuts
caused by my chest, elbows, hands and one knee (the leg that slipped
first) contacting the tower on the way down . If I had been leaning
forward with my head over the top of the tower, the fall would have
probably beheaded me or broken my neck.
This unfortunate encounter may have been minimized by using a Fall
Arrest Harness.
Glad it wasn't worse. I've heard much worse stories involving
crank-ups - none of which included a FAH.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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