Ed Pawlowski wrote:

Watch this video. I'm sticking with my ground job

http://www.impomag.com/scripts/ShowPR~RID~15333.asp


I cannot imagine how much these guys get paid, or else they get a couple of
rednecks with a few beers.




Here's what the "owner" of that video says caused him to take it down
from where he originally posted it:

http://www.theonlineengineer.org/TheOLEBLOG/

But it spread like wildfire and is up on numerous other sites now.

If you look about half way through this OSHA page you'll see that they
rate tower climbing as the most dangerous occupation:

http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owad...CHES&p_id=1267

Looking elswhere I found commercial diving was right up there with tower
climbing, at 180 deaths per 100,000 workers per year.

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight.

On Sep 16, 4:23*pm, jeff_wisnia
wrote:
Ed Pawlowski wrote:
Watch this video. *I'm sticking with my ground job

http://www.impomag.com/scripts/ShowPR~RID~15333.asp

I cannot imagine how much these guys get paid, or else they get a couple of
rednecks with a few beers.

Here's what the "owner" of that video says caused him to take it down
from where he originally posted it:

http://www.theonlineengineer.org/TheOLEBLOG/

But it spread like wildfire and is up on numerous other sites now.

If you look about half way through this OSHA page you'll see that they
rate tower climbing as the most dangerous occupation:

http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owad..._table=SPEECHE....

Looking elswhere I found commercial diving was right up there with tower
climbing, at 180 deaths per 100,000 workers per year.

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight.

"Some facility owners are pretty uptight about liability and such
and may not hire him if they think he does not take safety seriously."

What in the video would give anyone the impression that safety is not
taken seriously? I didn't see any horse play and I saw them hookup on
numerous occasions.

If free climbing is indeed allowed by OSHA, what in the video would
make "some facility owners" uptight?

"DerbyDad03" wrote in message
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On Sep 16, 4:23 pm, jeff_wisnia
wrote:
Ed Pawlowski wrote:
Watch this video. I'm sticking with my ground job

http://www.impomag.com/scripts/ShowPR~RID~15333.asp

I cannot imagine how much these guys get paid, or else they get a couple
of
rednecks with a few beers.

Here's what the "owner" of that video says caused him to take it down
from where he originally posted it:

http://www.theonlineengineer.org/TheOLEBLOG/

But it spread like wildfire and is up on numerous other sites now.

If you look about half way through this OSHA page you'll see that they
rate tower climbing as the most dangerous occupation:

http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owad..._table=SPEECHE...

Looking elswhere I found commercial diving was right up there with tower
climbing, at 180 deaths per 100,000 workers per year.

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight.

"Some facility owners are pretty uptight about liability and such
and may not hire him if they think he does not take safety seriously."

What in the video would give anyone the impression that safety is not
taken seriously? I didn't see any horse play and I saw them hookup on
numerous occasions.

If free climbing is indeed allowed by OSHA, what in the video would
make "some facility owners" uptight?

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They must've been doing SOMETHING against the rules, since the climbing
partner's face was blurred out in the video.

On 9/16/10 4:56 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:


"Some facility owners are pretty uptight about liability and such
and may not hire him if they think he does not take safety seriously."

What in the video would give anyone the impression that safety is not
taken seriously? I didn't see any horse play and I saw them hookup on
numerous occasions.


Did you see how many breaks that guy took? If viewers saw it, they'd
sue the station for missing their programs.

One evening in the Coast Guard I walked to the local tavern for a chef's
salad and a pitcher of beer. The executive officer walked in. He had
the complexion of an alcoholic. When I finished my beer, he asked me to
try a cocktail. I drank it and he told me it was a double daiquiri. I
didn't like it, so he insisted that I drink two more.

He left, and I had another pitcher of beer to wash that awful taste out
of my mouth.

I felt better in the morning. I was so drunk that my hands tingled as I
climbed the mast to fix the radar. That dangling tool bag in the video
looked hazardous. I kept my tools snugly under my arm in a newspaper
carrier's bag.

Before I finished, the XO sent for me. He appeared hung over.
Apparently he'd plied me with liquor so he could accuse me of being a
drunk. "They call me a bummer and a gin sop too, but what cares I for
praise?"

He was bluffing. He knew the crew would contradict him. As far as they
were concerned, the stunts I'd pulled the night before proved beyond a
doubt that I hadn't been drinking. They said a stranger would swear I
was drunk when I hadn't had a thing to drink, and it took a few drinks
to sober me up.

I returned to my work aloft. Our round-bottomed, shallow-draft ship
used to rock when an outboard putted by. Aloft, the rocking was
enjoyable. Aloft drunk, it was fantastic!

DerbyDad03 wrote:

"Some facility owners are pretty uptight about liability and such
and may not hire him if they think he does not take safety seriously."

What in the video would give anyone the impression that safety is not
taken seriously?

My guess is doing anything out of the ordinary, like sticking a camera on
your head and the clip ending up on youtube. It just speaks to a younger
generation, more concerned with their gadgets and gizmos, than it does to
the small community of mast workers.

If nothing else, it is the appearance of being cavalier.

But remember, that is just the opinion of the guy who was climbing the mast.
He obviously takes his job very seriously, and does not want himself
misinterpreted in anything other than a professional manner, hence his
apprehension, and subsequent request to have the video taken down.

Jon