[RMVHF] Re: [GMCC] KC0TIG-Two Dead in Electrocution Accident

[RON CATHERS]

Good article
we just had a person grab a 240 line up the pan last thursday
  this article is a strong reminder  and i'm going to be bringing it up at our monthley Officers meeting
ron> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:58:18 -0600> From: vailphil at sopris.net> To: w0ric.ham at gmail.com> CC: MHDXA at mhdxa.com; gmc at mailman.qth.net> Subject: [RMVHF] Re: [GMCC] KC0TIG-Two Dead in Electrocution Accident> > One of the things you are taught in Red Cross First Aid classes is > in the case of suspected electrocution, do not touch the person(s) until > the source of the problem has been removed by properly trained experts, > which in this case would be the power company. I'm not sure the Fire > Rescue people have the safety equipment that can be used to remove the > power line high voltage safely. Inside the home or on the customer side > of the meter, turn of the power at the main electrical box. It is hard > to remember this when it is a loved one involved,but you can see the > result of not heeding this advice where you may have an additional > victim(s).> I operated a station at PJ4 (Bonaie) where there is an 80m dipole > that has one support rope goes over a high voltage power line. It is > suspended from towers on either side by rather substantial ropes. If the > one side had failed, the wire would have landed on the HV line which > coming in the coax would be extremely hazardous to anyone in the shack. > If the other side had failed, just the rope would have contacted the HV > line which is more excitement than I'd want. I'd asked several people > and no one seemed to know how this was even erected in the first place! > I would suspect they had co-operation from a power crew to turn off the > power. I've never seen another ham installation like this even in 3rd > world countries!> I've also heard of more than one ham being killed by tower accidents > this summer so be careful out there. I recently had much appreciated > help by a professional and he wears a full body harness with a shock > cord off the top and 3 more attachment points. These things are not all > that expensive especially, considering the amount hams spend on other > aspects of the hobby. Jack Johanson (W0JEJ) gave a talk several years > ago at a GMCC meeting and pointed this out. You have $10,000 worth of > ham gear and use a flea market used belt! The old single lanyard waist > belt used by most hams (at least I added two additional attachments but > that is not enough) is not anywhere close to being OSHA approved. For > less than $500 you can buy the right equipment. I know Gerry, K0DU, > has one. Don't use a yard sale belt. I need to go down to Factory > Surplus here in Glenwood and get a proper harness including a shock cord > now that Scott Burkhardt, W0KU, further demonstrated and explained its > proper use. It takes a few more minutes going up and down the tower but > we have time for this or can make the time!> Even a fall off a step ladder can be fatal or cause permanent health > issues as happened to a ham in the Colorado Springs area a few years > back while working on an antenna.> Phil N0KE> > Rick Spiegel wrote:> > >From email reports it looks like KC0TIG was the person killed in Kansas> > City, KS.> >> > SAFETY-SAFETY-SAFETY> >> > Rick-W0RIC> >> >> >> > KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Two people were electrocuted Sunday afternoon in the> > 6100 block of Nogard in Kansas City, Kan. A nine-year-old girl found the two> > men. The men, a grandfather and father, were trying to put up a ham radio> > antenna on a house when one of them came in contact with a live power line.> > The other went to help and was also electrocuted. FOX 4 News will bring you> > more information as it becomes available.> > _______________________________________________> > GMC mailing list> > GMC at mailman.qth.net> > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/gmc> > Visit our website at http://www.k8fc.com/gmcc/> >> > No virus found in this incoming message.> > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.10/1549 - Release Date: 7/12/2008 4:31 PM> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________> Rmvhf mailing list> Rmvhf at rmvhf.org> http://lists.rmvhf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rmvhf
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