We keep a close eye on the news, scouting for reports of people who have injuries, near misses or in the worst cases, fatalities. We tend to focus of course around safety at height and also snowcat & winter survival conditions, but occasionally other items...
We often have conversations with manufacturers, distributors and gear vendors about the industry and safety at height. When schedules permit, we are able to include some of these people in our classes so they can see first hand the quality and expertise of our training...
Auto Descenders - Needed? Is there a need for auto descenders in the tower and rescue market? Many manufactures, including ones trying to push their products through ANSI regulation, think it is a good idea to take the control out of the operator’s hands. I for...
100% Tie-Off. We talk about it a lot. Number one safety issue through the wireless industry, NATE, WISPA, and all workers at height. The single largest cause of fatalities. Not enough emphasis can be placed on being tied off at all times. We all know this,...
Advanced Snowcat Training for First Responders Our trainers recently completed another advanced class with some of our emergency responder clients and wanted to share some footage. This was filmed in Leadville, CO and machines included the Hagglunds BV 206's and a Tucker 1600 series snow cat....
Safety One Training International, Inc. We perform our training all over the world and it is why we include the "International" in Safety One Training International, Inc. Recently, one of our instructors (Brian Bourquin) was out of the country training a crew of eight in tower safety & rescue certification. Can you...
A week or two ago I posted a blog about the new 100% Tie-Off campaign. First I want to be clear: Safety One supports the NATE 100% Tie-Off campaign. We support 1000% Tie-off! Of course we do. We are a safety training company and believe in...
From Jacob Wallace at Rope & Rescue: Petzl received reports of 2 failures from heavy use and are investigating. Their immediate recommendation is for an visual inspection of old crolls to make sure the rivet head is intact. This information is aimed specifically at those organizations that...
Worker killed after falling 180 feet off water tower in Pasadena, MD. I don't know about you, but I am getting quite tired of seeing this happen. 21 years old. What a shame, our condolences go out to his family, friends and coworkers. Read the news here,...
SPRAT 2014 Annual Conference The SPRAT 2014 Annual Conference was held February 5-8, 2014 at the Hilton Houston Clear Lake Hotel in Houston, Texas. The program included technical presentations of interest to rope access professionals, a Standards Committee Meeting, Equipment Testing Demonstrations, and plenty of networking...