[Towertalk] falling from my tower

[Richard M. Gillingham]

Re 'accidents'  Florida now refers to them universally as 'Crashes'.. 
 not accidents.  I guess some legal eagle has made them reconsider the 
precept that 'accidents happen'  therefore my client can't possibly be 
guilty of a traffic infraction..

Yeah, Right.

Y'all be careful, hear..
73, Gil W4PJI

EUGENE SMAR wrote:

>    "Accidents happen."?    No such thing, either in a car on on a tower!  I
>recently fell off a step ladder in my garage retrieving a few variable caps
>for my gamma match on 160M.  Held onto the box with both hands, took a step
>down off the next-to-top step with my right leg and my shifted weight pushed
>the ladder the opposite direction.  My fault entirely.
>
>     Let's be careful out there.
>
>73 de
>Gene Smar  AD3F
>P.S.  About four years ago the Indianna State Police revised their traffic
>incident reports to delete the word "accident."  I think they now use the
>term "collision."
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: K7FL <k7fl@arrl.net>
>To: Towertalk@contesting.com <Towertalk@contesting.com>
>Date: Friday, April 12, 2002 3:08 PM
>Subject: Re: [Towertalk] falling from my tower
>
>
>>There's a saying in mountain climbing (and other areas too) that it's the
>>"little stuff that will kill you". I lost a friend on a climb several years
>>ago when he tripped over his loose boot lace and fell off the mountain. I
>>suspect he knew the lace was loose, but didn't foresee the worst case
>>outcome of ignoring the problem. The same thing happened on Everest a few
>>years ago where an experienced climber lost her balance while she was off
>>the carbineer.  Obviously, the same logic applies to tower work regardless
>>of how experienced one is. Accidents happen. The key is to take your time,
>>use your head, and consider the potential effect of anything that seems non
>>standard or out of the ordinary.
>>
>>I'm glad K7PUC shared his story and has lived to make more Q's.
>>
>>Dennis, K7FL
>>Battle Ground, WA
>>
>>=========
>>
>>At 11:49 AM 4/12/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>>But an unexpected event occurred.  My right boot caught on the
>>>ladder rung.  At the same time I must have had one or both hands
>>>off the cross braces (I wasn't carrying anything--maybe one hand
>>>was free and the other hand got pulled off, I don't know).
>>>
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