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Bucket fall safety
What do you use for fall safety in the bucket? We use simple belts, which don’t work on a couple of levels. First, as a safety professional, so I know that they are more likely to break a brother’s back than to save his life in a fall. Second, they are a huge pain to put on with an SCBA, so nobody uses them anyway, unless the officer insists. I’d like to know what other truckies are using that can be put on quickly and will protect the brothers in the bucket.
Tags: aerial, fall, protection, safety
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Permalink Reply by Adam Bean on -
We get issued a harness as part of our PPE that is integrated into your turnout pants. If your working on a truck company you are required by SOP to wear it. All of the trucks have a couple of different sized lanyards depending on what your doing to clip into the bucket/aerial or a ground ladder if needed. There is a two foot lanyard for working close to the bucket/aerial and a longer one if you need to leave the bucket/aerial to cut a hole, so your still tethered to something. The harness sits below the waist belt of your SCBA so it doesnt interfere. Hope it helps.
Adam
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Permalink Reply by Sunshine Lemme on -
Thanks, that certainly an improvement in what we are using. Do you know the brand name of the PPE? I'll do a Google search, too.
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Permalink Reply by Adam Bean on
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The Harness's are made by R.I.T. and the lanyards were custom made for us by Sterling Rope.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Fleming on -
Just a little more info on our P.P.E. Our turnout gear used to be Globe, but last year the bid was awarded to Sperian. Guys were much happier with the Globe gear as it pertains to the harness. The pockets on the pants were lower down on the leg and also deeper so you could actually use them. Some guys would put the lanyard in their bunker pants pocket so if it was needed they could pull it right out and use it. Our Sperian gear has very shallow pockets that are too high up on the leg and thus get in the way of the harness (or vice versa). It forces the wearer to make a decision, harness or tools in my pocket? The pockets on the coat are even smaller than the pants pockets, which takes that option away. Don't even get me going on the suspenders!! Good luck.
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Permalink Reply by Pascal Marchand on -
Don't even get me going on the suspenders!!
I think you're right Chris, the spearian suspenders is a discussion topic itself.
Pascal
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