Tyson,
Playing Devil’s advocate here. What do you discuss during the pre-climb safety meeting? It’s your network – and the average WISP network is regional (usually contained to one state). The guys you’re climbing with know where the closest hospitals are, what the capabilities of the local fire department is, what local fauna and flora to look out for, etc. etc. I guess its good prep to make sure that someone knows what the weather looks like today, and for the project manager (not that the average WISP seems to have a crew foreman on most climbs) to give out the tasks for the day. I never did one in my WISP days – because by the time we had rolled up to the site we all knew what to do to hit the ground running. On the cellular side, when you might visit a site once in your career at a company I see lots of value of the pre-climb meeting. Of course I didn’t get tower climbing certified until after I was done with my WISP days… which I hate to say is a problem for the industry in general. What you don’t know can certainly kill you in this line of work. In my integration days… was a whole different story. I’ve seen many integrators do them… but they are very uncommon in the WISP industry from my personal experience. I’d bet a group like Safety One could point you in the right direction to making an OSHA compliant plan for your WISP. Daniel White (303) 746-3590 From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tyson Burris @ Internet Comm. Inc via Af Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OSHA Written Safety Plan for WISPs For WISPs, you need to focus on the OSHA content related to construction. I require OHSA 10, at a minimum, for all employees now, including CPR CERT. Everyone in our industry should be doing a pre climb safety meeting as well but I have yet to see ANYONE do it. I'm not an expert here at all but that's what what I was taught from the cellular side. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2014, at 6:35 PM, Josh Reynolds via Af <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: We climb towers and are on roofs all day, which is why I asked. Josh Reynolds, Chief Information Officer SPITwSPOTS, www.spitwspots.com <http://www.spitwspots.com> On 11/11/2014 02:15 PM, Chuck McCown via Af wrote: Yes, but for manufacturing, not the WISP. From: Josh Reynolds via Af <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 2:29 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; WISPA General List <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [AFMUG] OSHA Written Safety Plan for WISPs Has anybody had one of these done before? Do you know any resources specific to our industry that could help with this? Thanks -- Josh Reynolds, Chief Information Officer SPITwSPOTS, www.spitwspots.com <http://www.spitwspots.com>
