Climbing without aerial rescue?

[stihlmadasever]

1 minute ago, sean said:

Things can ALWAYS go wrong no matter. I worked on rigging jobs for years without a hitch. One day something went wrong and I am now in a wheelchair. I will talk about the accident when insurance and everything else is sorted but my advice is to NOT cut corners and ensure everything is done properly and all bases are covered....period!

Thats tragic mate.Hope you recover quickly.best wishes

[sean]

2 minutes ago, stihlmadasever said:

Thats tragic mate.Hope you recover quickly.best wishes

Thanks mate.... 3years on now and getting on with life.........you can read about the aftermath here.....

 

[Steve Bullman]

43 minutes ago, sean said:

Things can ALWAYS go wrong no matter. I worked on rigging jobs for years without a hitch. One day something went wrong and I am now in a wheelchair. I will talk about the accident when insurance and everything else is sorted but my advice is to NOT cut corners and ensure everything is done properly and all bases are covered....period!

Crikey Sean, any end in sight for that?

[sean]

10 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Crikey Sean, any end in sight for that?

We have our first round of 'Settlement' talks in November with QC's from both sides where the case will be discussed and QC's and lawyers will sit around and play 'Poker' until an agreement is reached. That could go to 2/3/4 more meetings meaning many more months. It seems for the last 3 years we have become a cottage industry where QC's, lawyers, case mangers, expert witnesses, specialists of every description are all getting paid for their services and in the meantime we have had not a penny. It is what it is though.

[Steve Bullman]

i'm sure it'll all come good for you in the end

[Gary Prentice]

6 minutes ago, sean said:

 QC's, lawyers, case mangers, expert witnesses, specialists of every description are all getting paid for their services and in the meantime we have had not a penny. It is what it is though.

That's just bollox!!

 

Absolutely no help at this moment, but it'll come right in the end Sean. Stay positive.

[sean]

11 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

That's just bollox!!

 

Absolutely no help at this moment, but it'll come right in the end Sean. Stay positive.

Cheers Gary. Yep staying positive and laughing as we have done since it happens really. Obvs not so good days but just got to keep going and thanking our lucky stars for all that we do have. 

[benedmonds]

18 hours ago, PDizzle said:

 

Evening all, just wanted to get your thoughts and input around this. I've been working for a company recently (friend of a friend of a friend) and have done a few days for them, I found out today that the guy I've been working with doesn't have aerial rescue.

 

Reg Coates had a take on this a while back.. I recall there being a thread on arbtalk.. 

In that thread most agreed with reg as I recall?  I didn't....

 

 

[Steve Bullman]

@RC0 I hope that leakage problem righted itself ?

[PDizzle]

6 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Just so we’re clear, what’s the op’s employment status? Are you a freelance self employed climber? 

im freelance self employed yes.

6 hours ago, sean said:

Things can ALWAYS go wrong no matter. I worked on rigging jobs for years without a hitch. One day something went wrong and I am now in a wheelchair. I will talk about the accident when insurance and everything else is sorted but my advice is to NOT cut corners and ensure everything is done properly and all bases are covered....period!

Sorry to hear that dude but glad to see you've stayed positive and are working through things. I hope you get the result that you want from the investigations.

 

It seems so difficult to do everything properly, by the books without upsetting a lot of people! this industry has a long way to go still it seems.