3M is allowing tower contractors to retrofit existing Lad-Saf systems when the cable does not extend far enough through the top of the carrier clamp. 

This procedure can only be completed if the Lad Saf system passes inspection and is free of damage and rust.

Tags: Tower Climber Safety, Tower Climber Equipment, Fall Protection Safety, Workplace Safety

Be prepared...get ahead of the standard. Everything you need to know about tool tethering.

The International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have announced the the long anticipated "Dropped Objects Standard" has been approved. ANSI/ISEA...

Tags: Fall Protection Safety, Fall Protection for Tools, Tether Tools, Tool Tethering, Workplace Safety, ISEA/ANSI 121, Dropped Objects Standard

Know the answers to these questions before you face the cold!

Cold Stress Guide

NOTE:

The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) requires employers to comply with hazard-specific safety and health standards. In addition, pursuant to Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act, employers must provide...

Tags: Tower Climber Safety, OSHA, Fall Protection Safety, Midwest Unlimited

The ANSI Z359.1 Standard, as we know it, is going away. There will be a new Z359.1, but it will be a reference or guidance tool and totally revamped from its original purpose. It has been replaced by an entire body of work known as The Fall Protection Code.

In 1992, there was only one-ANSI Z359.1...

Tags: Tower Climber Safety, OSHA, Fall Protection Safety, Midwest Unlimited

Wireless West Trade Show in San Diego was an unbelievable experience for Midwest Unlimited! The conference included some of the largest cellular providers including California Wireless, Arizona Wireless, Nevada Wireless, Colorado Wireless, and the Northwest Wireless associations. Both the seminars...

Tags: Fall Protection Safety

Did you get your taxes done today?  Are you one of the people who got the information all by January 31 and had them filed by February?  Or are you still scrambling to get things done and to the post office to get stamped with today’s date?  

Tags: Tower Climber Safety, Fall Protection Safety

The year--1947.  

Tags: Construction Equipment, Fall Protection Safety, Construction Safety, Construction Tools, new products

You may have noticed that we recently launched a completely new website. Building it was quite a project, and T-2 days to launch, our designer/web guru got a phone call from the developer. His instructions--in order to fix a bug, he would be deleting all of the products. Two days to launch, and he...

Tags: Tower Climber Safety, Fall Protection Safety, Construction Safety, new products, training, arborist safety, lineman safety

The fact is, in our industry, the things that keep us safe can’t be wrong.

Why? We’ll, quite simply, because lives depend on them being right.

I bet you didn’t know that history has a bunch of things we all thought were right but now we know are wrong. Take for instance a few of these top...

Tags: Tower Climber Safety, Tower Climber Equipment, Construction Equipment, OSHA, National Association Of Tower Erectors, Lineman Tools, Fall Protection Safety, Construction Safety, Tower Climber Tools, Construction Tools, Lineman Equipment, Midwest Unlimited