HI Bob,

On Mon 2038-Apr-12 22:38, BOB KLAHN (1:123/140) wrote to RICHARD WEBB:

 RW> Hard hats:  depends on the industry.  THe live performance
 RW> industry is a mixed bag.  BElieve it or not, you can see
 RW> riggers up in the steel overhead at these large arenas etc.
 RW> who must be belted securely, but the folks wandering around
 RW> below don't have lids.  Kathy and I with our remote truck
 RW> are an exception.  IF you're working below riggers and
 RW> other such folk and you work for us you *will* put a hard
 RW> hat on. YOur hard hat goes on, and your cell phone is *off*
 RW> until you're on break.  WE tell casual labor this.

BK>  Several decades ago I was a supervisor in the head end of a  cable
BK> TV company. One day a couple guys were working up on the  357 foot
BK> tower that brought in the local area channels.

BK>  I walked out the door and one of them dropped a wrench. I saw it 
BK> hit the ground and went back in and put on my hard hat. I had  been
BK> issued one early on, but never needed it until then.

Smart man!  I tell anybody works for us, "these are safety
tools, use them."  They know where to find them.

BK>  Before that I worked on Marine Electronics on the great lakes. 
BK> Hardhats were required on deck. I boarded a boat late one day,  when

BK> very bright lights were shining on the boat as I  climbed the ladder
BK> to get off, and the cables mooring the boat  were near the deck. My
BK> hard hat let me know when I reached the  cable.

YEp, sure would.

BK>  Oh, BTW, on the Great Lakes the freighters are boats. On the  ocean
BK> those same boats would be ships. Just a matter of
BK>  terminology convention. Just like submarines are boats, no
BK>  matter how big they are.

YEp, that's for sure.  IT just works.

I call just about everything we work with on ham radio
"boats" unless it's somebody on a commercial vessel >



Regards,
           Richard
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