[TowerTalk] Tower climbing is dangerous business

[David Jordan]

Makes sense...I was speaking to a fella working on a 400ft self 
supporting tower in Maryland. The State Police are revamping the entire 
network and these 400ft towers are going up all over the place.
None of the guys on the tower spoke english. 

I wonder how good the training they receive is and whether the quality 
of the training has anything to do with the number of accidents and 
deaths associated with the work they do...

73,
dave
wa3gin

K7LXC at aol.com wrote:

>Howdy, TowerTalkians --
> 
>    I got this off of the tower-pro reflector.  While climbing accidents on 
>ham towers are pretty  rare,  there's a good reason why tower work should be 
>approached very  carefully. Climb safe, everyone.
> 
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>
>>Based upon the latest national census of fatal occupational  injuries 
>>    
>>
>from the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, workers  who 
>are required to climb cell towers and other communications structures  
>throughout the country have been identified as having the most 
>dangerous  job in America. 
>Please see:  http://www.wirelessestimator.com/breaking_news.cfm 
> 
>Cheers,
>Steve    K7LXC
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