I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. ROHN 25 is **not** compliant for the 5,000lb drop from 6' but it is from 3' so you always have to have a 3' position lanyard holding you, even while you climb.
I would contact CITCA (or we use https://www.safetyoneinc.com ) or any other trainer to give you documentation about the ROHN 25. -Sean On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 10:10 AM, David Sovereen <david.sover...@mercury.net> wrote: > Hi All, > > A little background: We had an employee die late last year. He climbed a > Rohn 25 tower at a residential customer location and did not use his fall > protection gear. He went through safe climb training at CITCA, his fall > protection gear was in his truck, and a co-worker with him told him to put > his harness on, but he exercised poor judgement and climbed without it > anyway. He slipped, fell approximately 30 feet, and was pronounced dead > about an hour later at the hospital. > > We received two OSHA Citations today. I’ve attached them. > > > > > I spoke with the OSHA representative handling our matter on Friday. He > tells me that Rohn 25s have not been tested by the manufacturer to support > 5,000 lbs and therefore are not a suitable anchor point for securing > oneself. He says all work on Rohn 25s must be done from a lift. I think > they are just trying to come up with reasons to fine us. > > When I went through safe tower climbing, *I* became the competent person > to identify where suitable anchor points, using the 5,000 lb estimation, > were. When my employees go through the training, they become competent in > determining where suitable anchor points are, do they not? > > If an employee is given instruction on the use of fall protection gear, > told to always use it, and exercises bad judgement and refuses to use it, > am I responsible? One of my employees was there and told him to put his > harness on and he refused. Consequently, that employee has gone through a > lot of turmoil putting himself through “what if” scenarios. > > Just looking for thoughts on this. Fight it, and if so what approach? > Pay it and make it go away? Something else? > > Thanks, > > *David Sovereen* > > Mercury Network Corporation > 2719 Ashman Street, Midland, MI 48640 > 989.837.3790 x151 office | 888.866.4638 toll free | 989.837.3780 fax > > Telephone * | *Internet* | *Security Alarm Monitoring > > david.sover...@mercury.net > www.mercury.net > > > > >
