Aren’t most lanyards designed to stretch out to the 6 foot mark when falling? In other words, even if you had it positioned right in front of your face, you will still drop 6 feet, right?
From: Sean Heskett Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2018 12:24 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Rohn 25 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
