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Originally Posted by TreeHumper  We're lucky that there is not the focus on our industry as there is in others. |
Yet, our death and injury rate is far higher than in most other industries. I could provide links to hundreds upon hundreds of written, documented cases.
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We're being given the opportunity, in effect, to self-regulate to established standards. If we do, then we shine as professionals. If we don't then we reinforce a negative stereotype.
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I don't know why we're given this relaxed focus when guys are dropping out of trees and killing themselves ON AN ALMOST DAILY BASIS. On a construction jobsite, if OSHA sees a crack in your electrical cord, one guy without his helmet on, they can be fined.
Personally, I like not having compulsory regulations, just serve up the guidelines and I will use that as the standard,
voluntarily. But many ignore standards, and probably a great many more are not even aware of what the standards ARE.
Back to the guys falling out of trees, it is sometimes difficult to know exactly what was going on the seconds before the fall, but I have yet to read where a triple-lock steel or Aluminum biner has ever been to blame.
(my impression was, mostly, worn cordage and poorly or improperly tied knots)