I think IIFSTA and the NFPA (while gathering lots of $$) helped quite a bit more than OSHA. :)
ryan Forbes Mercy wrote: > I have to agree here, I've done more tower climbs alone than I should. > Every time I do I'm filled with the feeling that if I fall no one will > know until someone comes looking at my remote tower site the next day or > so. > > We all look at OSHA sometimes and think of them as more revenue officers > than safety officers. Coming from the Fire Service I think of the > countless lives of Firefighters that were saved once OSHA found us. > Sure they seem overly picky and arbitrary but when I hang from my bucket > truck without a harness or climb a tower alone I can't help but think > they were written after so many people lost their lives. This job isn't > worth my life. > > Forbes > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of jp > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:24 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Changing cards in Mikrotik > > You should have someone with you on site when you climb towers. > > Even if you are self employed and not subject to OSHA rules, it's still > a good idea. Most of the tower deaths or falls I read about very likely > could have been prevented or lessened with even very modest safety > guidelines. Futhermore, if you become some statistic used to calculate > insurance rates as a result of unsafe climbing, it will tend make all of > > our workers comp insurance costs increase collectively. > > That person on the ground should have a laptop to do the > configuring/testing. > They can also keep others away from the tower to protect them from > falling tools, read off signals while aligning antennas, answer your > phone calls, destroy wasp nests, and all the other things you don't want > > to do. > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:42:35AM -0500, Data Technology wrote: > >> Yes I know it is easy to just sit down and configure the card but, >> I do the tower climbing myself and with even a small 40-60 ft tower, >> > by > >> the time you get down, get the gear off and get to a computer the >> adrenalin is flowing and you may tend to make a mistake. And after a >> 160 ft tower you (me) are more tired and you can overlook something >> > that > >> you would normally catch in an instance. >> >> I guess there are pros and cons to both ways. >> >> LaRoy >> >> >> Scott Carullo wrote: >> >>> It takes less than one minute to configure an interface? >>> >>> Just because you put a like card in there doesn't mean ROS should >>> > assume > >>> its the same freq, same power output etc. I think its actually >>> > better it > >>> lets you set it up instead of assuming a like replacement. My 2 >>> > cents > >>> Scott Carullo >>> Brevard Wireless >>> 321-205-1100 x102 >>> >>> -------- Original Message -------- >>> >>> >>>> From: "Data Technology" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 12:19 PM >>>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: [WISPA] Changing cards in Mikrotik >>>> >>>> As much as I Love Mikrotik, I HATE the fact that you have to >>>> > reconfigure > >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>> when you change out a card. >>>> I don't see why Mikrotik did not design it to work like StarOS. >>>> >>>> I have 1 StarOS AP still running and I had to change out a CM9 that >>>> > went > >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>> out. >>>> This AP has not been touched in probably 4 years. >>>> I just took out the old card, put in the new one and the users were >>>> > > >>>> passing traffic before I could close the lid. >>>> This was one of the few good things I liked about StarOS. >>>> >>>> Ok, just feels good to rant and rave every now and then. >>>> >>>> LaRoy McCann >>>> Data Technology >>>> www.dtisp.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > >>> ---- >>> >>> >>>> WISPA Wants You! 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