FortMental wrote:etai101 wrote:as a fellow rope access worker i find this video completely unprofessional and completely reckless if that operator is still going about his job in that fashion i doubt he would be around for much longer.
Risk management entails many things, most important of which is exposure, meaning time spent being exposed to a risk. If that worker had to take time and set up a safety system, there would still be time spent setting it up, then removing it. Then there is the slow-down in efficiency, further exposing workers to risk. Sure, he could fall on the safety system, and he wouldn't die. But then he'd likely get hurt, further exposing others in rescuing him. Add it up and suddenly the risks become unwarranted. These guys attitude is no different than the alpine climbers who move "fast and light", soloing over easier ground, moving quickly, efficiently, and confidently. I'd hire them on the spot.
you are correct.. although on a transmitter this big there are many different antennas it is in the operators interest to set up a fixed cable like i suggested since he is going to climb that tower many a time on different capacity's.
most productive to set up a proper safety system.
trust me when working in that type of environment(allot like alpine climbing but not)every thought you have is followed by "is this gonna kill me" if you have a system set up that you trust that thought dosent even occur which makes the job easy and fun.
as for the radiation there are many different antennas on a tower especially this one because it is so high(hundreds).
when you go up you go up to fix one maybe two of the antennas oppose to not fixing all of them plus the different antennas are not owned by the same customer, therefor if you are working for "Verizon" than"cinguler" dosent give a sh*t about the operator so they leave the antennas they own working = allot of radiation from the company's who don't employ you versus the one company that does.