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...
You may have missed this one issued on January 8, 2014: Voluntary Recall: Sterling Rope 8mm Sewn Cord Products Read more here. ...
Our training facility is located in Littleton CO, and we tend to do some cool stuff around here with all the climbing, ropes, snowcats, ATV's and snowmobiles. But we are not the only ones to have a bit of excitement, and we happen to have...
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...
OSHA Violations? Guess what is #1? Standard Total Violations 1. 1926.501 – Fall Protection: 8,241 2. 1910.1200 – Hazard Communication: 6,156 3. 1926.451 – Scaffolding: 5,423 4. 1910.134 – Respiratory Protection: 3,879 5. 1910.305 – Electrical, Wiring Methods: 3,452 6. 1910.178 – Powered Industrial Trucks: 3,340 7. 1926.1053 – Ladders: 3,311 8. 1910.147 –...
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...
Safe All-Terrain Vehicle Operation The Safe All-Terrain Vehicle Operation article featured in Utility Safety magazine was written in 2000 by Bill Siuru and myself about winter hazards and operating All-Terrain vehicles. In addition to discussing winter hazards some OSHA citations involving snowcat operations were discussed. These...
How do you inspect your equipment? The easy answer that I give during our safety & rescue certification classes is the following: “I inspect each piece of equipment every day according to the manufacturer’s specifications”. While this might seem like a politically correct way to answer a...
For many years we stored copies of magazine and newspaper articles that had been written by us or written about our training by others in the history section of our web site. When the new website came along this summer the IT folks decided that...