Practice [caption id="attachment_2526" align="alignnone" width="200"] Photo by Jason Shivers, ©ARISTOTLE INC[/caption] “Tomorrow’s battle is won during today’s practice.” – Old samurai proverb In today’s modern, productivity driven market it is easy to forget or marginalize the statistically unlikely. Deadly accidents don’t happen often enough to be a daily...
SPRAT Certification Here at Safety One, we offer instruction in at-height safety & rescue, rigging & hoisting, confined space, wood pole, snowcat, snowmobile, ATV, winter survival and other custom coursework. We also offer SPRAT training, one of the most difficult and sought after certifications in the...
OSHA recently released a specific website page for Communications Towers and the related risks and dangers associated with them. If you have not see it or taken the time to browse it yet, you should. Take a look here. "In 2013, OSHA recorded a total number...
We were recently interviewed by RCR Wireless regarding the recent winter conditions across the counrty and potential hazards within our industry. With most of the country just recovered from a polar vortex, and two Alberta clippers forecast to bring cold and snow to much of the...
The Old Dangerous Video A few years ago, a short video entitled "Stairway to Heaven," was produced as (laughably so) an instructional video for climbing a communications structure. Flying in the face of accurate OSHA regulations and common sense, the tower technicians were free climbing while...
Louisiana cellular tower company cited by OSHA following worker fatality LOUISE, Miss. – Custom Tower LLC of Scott, La., has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for one willful safety violation following the death of a worker who fell approximately...
Recently our very own Director of Training Todd Horning and a class of Tower Climbing Safety & Rescue Certification students were featured in a news segment about safety in the tower industry. Please watch it here: Good job Todd - Climb Safe! Kevin Carter...
Recently we have received many inquiries about our training and how we meet or exceed different standard and regulations, especially when it comes to Canada and the Canadian Center for Occupational Health & Safety. We have trained employees in Canada many times over recent years and many clients...
WISPAPALOOZA 2013 Come See us in Las Vegas! WISPAPALOOZA features hands on training, interactive sessions on technical aspects, business challenges and success stories, marketing and sales tips and strategies and updates on our nation's regulatory environment in the telecommunications industry. The conference will host an Exhibit Hall of...
Occupational Health & Safety recently ran a story that highlights the high cost of ignoring safety concerns on the job. A Pennsylvania company was fined more than $600K for willful violation of OSHA safety regulations which resulted in a fall-related death of an employee. This company...