I believe a cage is an acceptable OSHA fall restraint. This was reviewed during my recent ComTrain class in Orlando. The only issue is if you get on the platform, you have no fall arrest and thus you are supposed to wear a harness.
I myself don't do 100% tie off going up a cage, but I do when I get to the top. Chuck From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Brian Rohrbacher Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:05 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tower accident What do you guys do on elevator/grain legs that have cages around them. Usually it's like a 100ft ladder. Brian Chuck McCown wrote: I used to free climb towers. Some of them had so much crap on them it was the only way to do it (unless you had two belts... perish the thought). ----- Original Message ----- From: "3-dB Networks" <wi...@3-db.net> <mailto:wi...@3-db.net> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> <mailto:wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tower accident And 15 years ago most people climbed towers freestyle... all this safety gear is still relatively new isn't it Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:50 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tower accident Back in the day, we climbed wooden poles with nothing other than our hooks and hands. Once you got up, then you would throw the one single belt around the pole. Most of the time the drop was between 20 and 30 feet. Enough to hurt you pretty bad but probably not kill you. I "burned" one pole one time. Torn shirt, splinters in my arms. Funny how quick you can hug a pole when you hook hits a knot in the pole. (The reason it happened was I was talking to and showing off for a former girlfriend). In any event, it was the preferred way of climbing. Much quicker and easier, and actually, if the pole was nice and soft, was very safe. ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Rogato" <wi...@oregonfast.net> <mailto:wi...@oregonfast.net> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> <mailto:wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:12 AM 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> <mailto: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/> <http://www.wispa.org/> Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services* *Office*: 314-735-0270 *Website*: http://www.linktechs.net <http://www.linktechs.net/> <http://www.linktechs.net/> */ Link Technologies, Inc is offering LIVE Mikrotik On-Line Training <http://www.linktechs.net/onlinetraining.asp> <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. Even if the person made a mistake like that. It was not funny to me at all. But some have a weird sense of humor. Me, I see no humor in a death or falling off a tower Blair Davis wrote: Tower accident... http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2008-20.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ---- WISPA Wants You! 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