[RE-wrenches] deadly fall off of roof

[R Ray Walters]

At one point at the top, he has both hands free, while he messes with the lanyard. At another point he "ties off" by just hooking the lanyard to the ladder rung, but its open on the side, allowing the hook to slide off the end.
I'm glad you let us know that was "not an approved climbing method".
At least he had gloves on.....

R. Walters
ray at solarray.com
Solar Engineer




On Sep 25, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Roy Butler wrote:

> Hi Pat,
> 
> This 1768 foot tower climbing video has gone viral in the wind industry. Just for the record,
> although this is an impressive and entertaining "training" video, this guy is not only an idiot,
> he's also in a lot of trouble from the communications industry, Verizon and OSHA. 
> 
> The fact that this video was first posted on a so called legitimate training website makes it
> all the more disturbing. But it is impressive.....
> Roy Butler
> NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer®
> NYSERDA eligible PV & wind installer
> PA Sunshine Program Approved PV Installer
> Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC
> 8902 Route 46
> Arkport, NY 14807
> 607-324-9747
> 
> www.four-winds-energy.com
> 
> Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message, 
> a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
> 
>                 
> 
> On 9/24/2010 2:58 PM, SOLARPRO at aol.com wrote:
>> 
>> Wrenches:
>>  
>> When you have 7 minutes, check out this video on 'fall restraint' -
>> you may get dizzy (as I did) and
>> you may wonder, as I did,
>> HTF they built it in the first place:
>>  
>> http://video.yahoo.com/network/101149635?v=8244494&l=5144241
>>  
>>  
>> Pat Redgate
>> Ameco Solar
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> In a message dated 9/24/2010 9:39:56 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, kirk at vtsolar.com writes:
>> The two instances are not the same. The skylight accident happened previous to April 2010, and the company is listed in the accident report  , but I don't recall the name. They are a large CA electrical contractor.
>> 
>> Kirk Herander
>> VSE
>> 
>> On Sep 24, 2010, at 11:25 AM, "Bill Brooks" <billbrooks7 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Marco,
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> The company was purposely not identified. I believe the young man fell through a skylight while moving equipment during construction. Much more likely way to die since most people assume a skylight will bear their weight if they fall against it. Edge of roof falls definitely occur, but self preservation instincts are usually much more heightened in these areas.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Bill.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Marco Mangelsdorf
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 7:09 PM
>>> To: 'RE-wrenches'
>>> Subject: [RE-wrenches] deadly fall off of roof
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> A 30-year-old PV installer fell to his death back in April at job site in CA.  He backed off of a roof accidentally and was not wearing any fall protection.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> I have the official report of the accident, but the “multi-state full-service solar provider” that has “approximately 650 employees” was not identified.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Anyone know which company this was?
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> marco
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
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