[TowerTalk] Tower accident

[Wayne Kline]

Yes Mike 
 We have a saying in the PA Dutch Country " To soon Old. To Late Smart "
 This  tragic accident should be a wake up call to all of us who climb. Safety Safety Safety.
I to have had a few close calls. One Failed Gin pole bracket ( lack of attention to the man on the raising equipment) an ( one where the Single lever snap opened  on one side of my  positioning lanyard by a guy wire as I maneuvered around a TIC ring)
 
This taught me two lessions. Replace the single lever Safety lanyards with newer style Double lever activation snaps and have precise un mistakable  signals for capstan or mule operators.
 
 A Full body Harness is expensive . Get one use it and  " and ALL it's Safety features" . use the fall arrest lanyard  and have it hooked 100% of the time period. use the two lanyard system for positioning and I still like the WishBone Gorilla hook  to take advantage of a harness  with the seat function when in position. ( I still have circumference lanyard and the fall laynard hooked up also)
 
Hopefully this tragedy will jolt a bit of Reality to all who venture off the ground .
 
73' Wayne W3EA
 



> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:54:31 -0600> From: w0mu at w0mu.com> To: towertalk at contesting.com> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower accident> > Very sad news. I hate to read about things that probably could have been> prevented. I have had my own close call on my tower which I will never> forget. Accidents do happen. Kids and getting longer in the tooth have> changed the way I approach tower work.> > I never climb anymore without having a fall arrest line hooked to me and the> tower. Actually I use two and a full harness.> > Mike W0MU> > > On 10/23/07 6:05 PM, "Wayne Kline" <w3ea at hotmail.com> wrote:> > > This is Sad news to say the least, A after reading both the local news article> > and the ARRL announcement, I think I can with> > some degree of confidence assume this was not a structure/Equipment failure :(> > > > Sad new.....> > > > I live by the notion, " There Are Bold Climbers and Old Climbers, BUT No Old> > Bold Climbers" .> > > > Wayne W3EA> > > > > > > > > >> From: aa6eg at hotmail.com> To: nn5k.mail at gmail.com; towertalk at contesting.com>> >> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:33:52 -0700> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower> >> accident> > > Sad News, sorry to hear of it.> > Here is a local paper's story> >> :> > see: > >> http://www.roswell-record.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=17238&SectionID=49&> >> SubSectionID=112&S=1> > > All the Best, 73,> Pat Barthelow aa6eg at hotmail.com>> >> http://www.jamesburgdish.org> Subscribe: http://bambi.net/jamesburg.html>> >> Jamesburg Earth Station Moon Bounce Team> > > > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007> >> 14:09:32 -0600> > From: nn5k.mail at gmail.com> > To: towertalk at contesting.com>> >> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower accident> >> > Greg Molyneaux, N5CLM, died last> >> Saturday after falling 90 feet from> > a ham radio tower.> > Anyone have> >> details on this accident?> >> > -Dave NN5K>> >> _______________________________________________> > > >> >> _______________________________________________> TowerTalk mailing list>> >> TowerTalk at contesting.com>> >> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk> > _________________________________________________________________> > Climb to the top of the charts!  Play Star Shuffle:  the word scramble> > challenge with star power.> > http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_oct> > _______________________________________________> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________> > TowerTalk mailing list> > TowerTalk at contesting.com> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk> > > _______________________________________________> > > > _______________________________________________> TowerTalk mailing list> TowerTalk at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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