[TowerTalk] Shock Absorbing Lanyard

[Chet Moore]

K7LXC (champion radio)  has fall arrest lanyards a lot cheaper than $200. 
That was back in June that I bought mine and it was was an extra $30  for 
the
gorilla hook.   I had no idea was a fall arrest lanyard was until i read 
about it here.

press on regardless

73

Chet N4FX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Camera" <kb9cry at comcast.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 6:41 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Shock Absorbing Lanyard


> "buy a lanyard with fall arrest, but the last time I priced them they cost 
> as
> much as my whole harness did 10 years ago."
>
>
> I'm always amazed at some folks who don't understand the bigger picture 
> and the risks they take.
> So for less than $200, you're willing to risk your life?
>
>
> The reason OSHA specifies that a fall arrest attachment point must be 
> capable of supporting a 5000 lb load
> is that a 300 pound body, when abruptly stopped at the end of a simple 
> lanyard, will generate 5000 lbs of force.
>
> Even if you're wearing a full body harness (and worse if only a belt) that 
> 5000 lbs of force will most likely kill you.
>
> The shock absorbing lanyard (like a bungee cord) is designed to convert 
> that force to about 500 lbs felt by the
> human.
>
> Coupled with a full body harness, which is designed to transmit those fall 
> forces down onto the strongest bones in your
> body, your hip bones, gives you the best chance to survive a fall arrest.
>
>
> So being clipped on at all times is just part of the safety equation.  If 
> you fall and are not wearing the proper equipment,
> you may not touch the ground but you may just as well end up buried 
> beneath it.
>
>
>
>
> And, free climbing because you are strong and fit and run many miles is 
> just fine, until........
>
> the wasp bites you and you let go.......or....
>
> until your leg cramps bad.....or
>
> until something else totally unexpected happens.
>
> Most folks don't fall because they wanted to nor did they expect to.
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Phil Camera, KB9CRY
>
> Lockport, IL
> http://nidxa.org/memberWWW/kb9cry_home.htm
>
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