This doesnt seem like a hard problem to fix. That cable running between the two rows of step pegs just hook a pully onto it that automatically brakes when downward (falling) pressure is applied to it. That way you can go up freely with a harness and if you fall it doesnt go the other way. then have a little lever that you pull down which releases the brake so you can go back down. make it spring loaded so if you fall on the way down you let go of the lever and it reapplies the brake. 5 lives saved over a 12 day period.
"It appears that all of the tower technicians that died had the appropriate personal protection equipment available to them. They just didn’t use it properly."
If they have the gear available but the people that fell are not using it why is this at all an issue? If you cannot anchor yourself to something to keep from falling your a lost cause and probably would have died some other stupid way anyways. At least this way they only kill themselves.
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Chris McDowell @ Jul 13th 2008 5:16PM
This doesnt seem like a hard problem to fix. That cable running between the two rows of step pegs just hook a pully onto it that automatically brakes when downward (falling) pressure is applied to it. That way you can go up freely with a harness and if you fall it doesnt go the other way. then have a little lever that you pull down which releases the brake so you can go back down. make it spring loaded so if you fall on the way down you let go of the lever and it reapplies the brake. 5 lives saved over a 12 day period.
Chris McDowell @ Jul 13th 2008 5:25PM
From the article in the read link.
"It appears that all of the tower technicians that died had the appropriate personal protection equipment available to them. They just didn’t use it properly."
If they have the gear available but the people that fell are not using it why is this at all an issue? If you cannot anchor yourself to something to keep from falling your a lost cause and probably would have died some other stupid way anyways. At least this way they only kill themselves.