Re: [RE-wrenches] deadly fall off of roof

[Roy Butler]

Hi Pat, This 1768 foot tower climbing video has gone viral in the wind industry. Just for the record, although this is an impressive and entertaining "training" video, this guy is not only an idiot, he's also in a lot of trouble from the communications industry, Verizon and OSHA. The fact that this video was first posted on a so called legitimate training website makes it all the more disturbing. But it is impressive..... Roy Butler NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer® NYSERDA eligible PV & wind installer PA Sunshine Program Approved PV Installer Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC 8902 Route 46 Arkport, NY 14807 607-324-9747 www.four-winds-energy.com Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On 9/24/2010 2:58 PM, solar...@aol.com wrote: Wrenches:   When you have 7 minutes, check out this video on 'fall restraint' - you may get dizzy (as I did) and you may wonder, as I did, HTF they built it in the first place:   http://video.yahoo.com/network/101149635?v=8244494&l=5144241     Pat Redgate Ameco Solar         In a message dated 9/24/2010 9:39:56 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, k...@vtsolar.com writes: The two instances are not the same. The skylight accident happened previous to April 2010, and the company is listed in the accident report  , but I don't recall the name. They are a large CA electrical contractor. Kirk Herander VSE On Sep 24, 2010, at 11:25 AM, "Bill Brooks" <billbroo...@yahoo.com> wrote: Marco,   The company was purposely not identified. I believe the young man fell through a skylight while moving equipment during construction. Much more likely way to die since most people assume a skylight will bear their weight if they fall against it. Edge of roof falls definitely occur, but self preservation instincts are usually much more heightened in these areas.   Bill.   From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Marco Mangelsdorf Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 7:09 PM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: [RE-wrenches] deadly fall off of roof   A 30-year-old PV installer fell to his death back in April at job site in CA.  He backed off of a roof accidentally and was not wearing any fall protection.   I have the official report of the accident, but the “multi-state full-service solar provider” that has “approximately 650 employees” was not identified.   Anyone know which company this was?   Thanks, marco   _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org

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