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 jig
join:2001-01-05
Hacienda Heights, CA | wierd statistic
does anyone know how these guys are dying, for real?
was it defeating safety, broken safety, lightning/weather, structure failure, what?
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | All of the recent rash of 5 deaths were from falling, but the precise details of how they fell don't seem to be reported.
All 5 *were* from falling tho, not weather, or electrocution, Radiation, collapse of structure etc | |
 birdfeedrPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-11
Warwick, RI
kudos:5
1 edit | reply to jig
said by jig:was it defeating safety, broken safety, lightning/weather, structure failure, what? If towers are anything like other construction, the biggest cause of fatalities, hell, I'd call it 90% and still be conservative, is not following the standard precautions.
You have guys thinking they're saving time or money, you have companies thinking they're saving time or money, and sometimes you get away with it, so you think, that poor slob what happened to him, but it will never happen to me.
Even if the safety equipment broke, I'd bet they didn't inspect it properly before they put their life on the line.
After a fatality, everybody pays attention to the safety guy, but when things die down, most although not all, swear at him when he shows up. Oh jeez, what's wrong this time.
Trust me, although I haven't done climbing operations, I've seen quite a lot of other things. And I think what I've described is common. Face it, human beings take risks.
I investigated a recent construction fatality that could have been 100% prevented, if only the guys did what they were supposed to. Hell, if they did half of what they were supposed to.
So now a guy's dead at 51, leaving behind three kids, a son not sure his age, a daughter 21, and another daughter 14. He lost his wife last year, and now he's gone too.
It's quite a sobering moment. Nothing to joke about.
EDIT: After reading the link to WirelessEstimator, there's a lot of news items about accidents. It seems that weather and structural failure are hazards in and of themselves, so I'll back off my earlier estimate to 80%. | |
| The most recent 3 were falling. Of course until the accident is investigated they won't comment (and maybe not even after that) but a lot of it is guys either moving around not clipped in or dismantling something they are tied on to. | |
patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by cmaenginsb: or dismantling something they are tied on to. Have you been watching too many silent films? | |
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