Attention: Climbers and Safety Managers This needs to be taken as a serious point of discussion for both climbers and safety managers alike. How long has it been since you (or your employees) practiced a rescue? I regularly ask students in my classes this question and...
Research Project: Cold Weather Effects on Tower Climbers Safety One International Training is leading a project to establish a correlation between the human responses to cold weather on exposed metal tower structures and fatal falls, with the assistance of NIOSH and OSHA. Because of our experience...
Setting Up a Temporary Lifeline (First Man Up System) A First Man Up system or a Temporary Lifeline is a common term in the tower and climbing world. We use it when multiple climbers need to ascend a tower on which there is no easy backup...
Safety Tip of the Day: Tie a knot at the end of your lifeline! You never want to allow the end of the lifeline to pass through your rope grab or descending device....
Recently, we were asked for input by Rope & Rescue for their blog post about Pulley Efficiency. After reading their post a few comments came to mind: Efficiency Loss Ropes twisting is mentioned briefly and the resulting efficiency loss can be dramatic. Not many climbers realize that the gain...
Expanding our Team! Safety One Training International Inc. is looking to hire training instructors to keep up with the demand for climbing and rescue training in the wireless industry. If your resume matches the description below we would love to hear from you. RELEVANT REQUIRED WORK EXPERIENCE: ...
Two men died after falling from a radio tower in a rural location about six miles northeast of New Town Monday July 8, 2013, according to Mountrail County Sheriff Ken Halvorson. Both men were wearing hardhats and safety harnesses and the failure of these safety features...
One of the advantages of being President of Safety One Training International Inc. is that I get to do pretty much what I want to do! That includes being the first to post on our new blog on our brand new website. Despite many months of...