[TowerTalk] Tower Incident Survey

[Phil Camera]

Not sure what you expect from this survey.  Those who died using a full body
harness and fall arrest lanyard as intended probably won't contribute.


I would agree with this.  You won't get any stats on those who didn't survive.


There's many ways to answer this.

My full body harness saves my life every time I go up the tower.

It does when I attach my positioning lanyard and let go with both hands from the tower.

The pos. lanyard is attached to my harness and so if I wasn't wearing that, I'd fall.


Now, no I've never had the opportunity to try out my shock absorbing fall arrest lanyard.....

and there's nothing statistically significant or non-significant about that.

It just means that I've been very careful when working on a tower.



Have I ever suffered a leg cramp up top and needed to rest/work it out?  Yes.

Have I ever been stung by a wasp while up top?  Yes.

Has an antenna/piece of equipment ever somewhat become out of position and required my full effort without
regard to my own position on the tower?  Yes

Have I ever had a handhold or foothold slip while ascending?  No   While descending?  Yes

Have I ever had to quickly grab onto the tower and rest while my pucker factor subsided?  Yes


Remember, it's that last foot of a fall that hurts.  So it doesn't matter how high up you started.