[TowerTalk] Tower safety equipment

[K8RI on Tower Talk]

>
>>>  What belts do people recommend? There seems to be a wide range of 
>>> prices.

I wear a Kline Full floaating "belt" with two "D-rings", plus a safety 
harness.
It's the same belt I see the guys from Consumers and the Cable Company 
wearing.

>
> Safety "belt" is kind of a generic term plus it doesn't really describe 
> what you need. These days just about everyone is using a fall arrest 
> harness with a positioning lanyard (the one that hooks to the waist 
> D-rings and holds you in work position) and a fall arrest lanyard that 
> attaches to the D-ring between the shoulder blades. Using this ensemble 
> let's you be attached to the tower 100% of the time for maximum 
> protection.
>
> Fall arrest harnesses can run from about $90 (www.championradio.com) to a 
> couple of hundred bucks for a Klein or similar professional grade.
>
> Like Bill, K4XS, I highly recommend an adjustable lanyard - one size 
> DOESN'T fit all. But for low cost it's hard to beat a 4-foot rope one for 
> $39.00.

I have a pole strap, not a lanyard. It's of vulcanized Nylon in something. I 
don't remember what the other compound is no.  It looks like a regular belt 
that is adjustable from being able to climb a pole to going around a tower 
3' on a side.

>
> BTW OSHA rules only allow fall arrest harnesses anymore no safety belts. 
> As a non-professional you can use whatever you want but the trend is 
> towards more protection and if you're like me, you're more safety 
> conscious now than when you were younger.

Last month when they were out, both consumers and the cable guy were wearing 
the same belt as I have.  In addition they had a harness, but they were 
wearing belts. I remarked aroubt it and they said they were wearing the same 
stuff they had for years.

Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com
>
> Cheers,
> Steve     K7LXC
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