[CQ-Contest] Tower Safety

[Edward Sawyer]

They are the same thing.

However, don’t assume that someone wearing a nice full body harness has captured the safest process while "transitioning".  It can actually be more complicated and gymnastic to set up the full body harness and restraint to transition than to free climb that minor spot.

Ed  n1UR

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From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Gilbert
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 2:24 AM
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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Tower Safety


I'm having a difficult time making a distinction between free climbing 
and not being tied off while making a transition.

Dave   AB7E


On 11/21/2019 7:05 PM, Doug Renwick wrote:
> The list of USA tower fatalities can be found here: It doesn't list all of
> them because I don't see W0AIH's accident.
>
> http://wirelessestimator.com/content/fatalities
>
> Here is a quick summary of the causes if known. You will notice that during
> the process of transitioning caused a large number of fatalities. I would
> presume that they were attempting to transition without being tied off. Also
> a large number were caused by structural failures. It gives some idea what
> caused the fatalities although incomplete. I don't see where it addresses
> free climbing. You are welcome to make your own conclusions.
>
>
>   Tower tech was performing routine maintenance on a guyed tower when he
> fell.
>
> The tower tech was transitioning from a safety climb to a rest station when
> he fell.
>
> Tech fell while transitioning from a man basket to a antenna mounting frame.
>
> Technician was reportedly transitioning and had his position lanyard
> attached when he fell.
>
> Tower tech was installing a lightning system upgrade when the reported
> transitioned to another face without being tied off and slipped
>
> He was reportedly transitioning from a crane man basket when he slipped and
> fell from the top of the tower at approximately 100 feet.
>
> He was reportedly at the 150-foot level when he fell. It is not known
> whether he was tied off or if there was a harness or safety climb failure.
>
> Tech was in an all-terrain man lift when he fell with an antenna mount that
> had been previously attached to the water tower.
>
> He was assisting another individual in erection of a 70-foot ham radio
> tower. When he was installing the top set of guy wires the structure
> collapsed.
>
> Lemay was killed when the tower collapsed.
>
> The tower technician died after he was electrocuted while working ...
>
> Deceased was reportedly tied off twice to an installed waveguide ladder when
> the ladder failed and detached from the structure.
>
> He died after falling from a 35-foot residential TV antenna tower
>
> A coworker on the tower with the deceased heard the deceased click his
> safety harness on, then the deceased leaned back and started to fall to the
> ground.
>
> Three tower technicians were on a gin pole near the top of the tower when it
> became detached from its rigging and fell to the ground.
>
> Company-owned crane tipped over killing the worker in the site's compound.
>
> Doug, operating real ham radio
>
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