[TowerTalk] Climbing is risky business

[Mark Beckwith]

Whoa.  1 in 217.  Almost one half of one percent.  So if there are 600 of us
reading this reflector that would be *3*.  Yikes.

Thanks Bill.

Mark, N5OT

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Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 4:57 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Climbing is risky business


> I wanted to pass this info along since although most of us do it only as
part
> of our hobby, we do climb.  Be careful up there!
>
> The most recent data from the National Institute of Occupational
> Safety showed a fatality rate for tower construction workers of 460
> deaths per 100,000 employees. In contrast, the U.S. Department of
> Labor reported a fatality rate of 27.7 for construction workers as a
> whole, 25.0 for truck drivers 11.6 for police and 4.0 for all
> occupations.
>
> The root causes are a combination of factors -- a lack of training,
> slipshod construction techniques, inferior safety equipment and
> inexperienced workers -- that have made an inherently risky
> profession far more dangerous.
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