Right... 100% tie off at all times. What I'm getting at though is when I get to the position I am going to be working at... I'm 200% tied off (or I have both lanyards attached to the tower at a minimum... and to different anchor points if possible... just in case)
Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of George Rogato Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:23 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tower accident It makes sense the way you explained it. So when you climb you use two lanyards. half the time 1 lanyard is connected and the other half two lanyards are connected. Is that right? 3-dB Networks wrote: > No... when I climb one lanyard is attached to the tower at all times. Or I > am attached to a cable break or something similar at all times. > > To be tied off in two different places while climbing at all times would > require three lanyards, or two lanyards and a safe climb device of some sort > (cable break, etc.). > > Hopefully that makes sense. Depending on the tower I climb with up to four > lanyards (two positioning and two restraint) > > Daniel White > 3-dB Networks > http://www.3dbnetworks.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of George Rogato > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:12 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tower accident > > When you climb, do you only use one lanyard to tie off with? > Does this mean every time you unclip your lanyard to move it that you > are then not tied off at all? > > > 3-dB Networks wrote: >> Well I don't tie off in two places when I'm climbing... but when I am in a >> position I am going to be working at I tie off in two different places > just >> in case... because you never know what might happen. >> >> Daniel White >> 3-dB Networks >> http://www.3dbnetworks.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Josh Luthman >> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:52 AM >> To: dmburg...@linktechs.net; WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tower accident >> >> When climbing how many think "let's tie off in two places because this >> first piece of angle iron is going to fall off"? >> >> On 1/6/09, Dennis Burgess - Linktechs.net <dmburg...@linktechs.net> wrote: >>> Not to say thats not right. The whole point of the Darwin awards was >>> that the people who died have died in the most stupidest way, that they >>> did the entire human population a favor by eliminating themselves from >>> the gene pool. There is a movie even on it. Like the guy who >>> strapped a Jato Rocket to his Chevy, the guy who was so cheap, he got >>> his hand stuck in the soda machine and while trying to free it, it feel >>> over on him. ETC. Its on netflix instant streaming. >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> * Dennis Burgess, CCNA, A+, Mikrotik Certified Trainer >>> WISPA Board Member - wispa.org <http://www.wispa.org/> >>> Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services* >>> *Office*: 314-735-0270 *Website*: http://www.linktechs.net >>> <http://www.linktechs.net/> >>> >>> */ Link Technologies, Inc is offering LIVE Mikrotik On-Line Training >>> <http://www.linktechs.net/onlinetraining.asp>/* >>> >>> >>> >>> George Rogato wrote: >>>> Very sad indeed. >>>> I don't think they should be giving awards away for incidents when >>>> people die at work. 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