Ropewrench PPE?

[Mark Bolam]

Thanks for clearing that up Big Lad!

 

Hope the eye is better this morn.

[Paul Smith]

He means Baggable, as in throw bag. He is just a Northerner, forgive him.

 

So am I!

[Rich Rule]

So am I. LOL.

 

Maybe I have spent enough time with Mark to understand his own version of the English Language.

 

You wanna hear it after a few beers, it becomes even more undecipherable.

[High Scale]

OK, so after having a chat with a very Knowledgeable person this morning I have had my mind changed about the RW not being PPE, I now understand that it is and should be classed as PPE as it is part of a system, ie, RW and the hitch, none will work without the other.

 

Thanks Tim for asking this question.

[DrewB]

A lanyard works without a wr..

[kevin bingham]

What do you define as "work". My definition of work would be keeping you from hitting the deck. A hitch does a fine job of that without a wrench.

[Cary Gibson]

A lanyard works without a wr..

 

yeah

[Marc]

It all starts to get silly, a lanyard is a secondary positioning support aid and not in my opinion a life line.

A RW is part of a greater system as has to be viewed like that surely, anyone should be able to see that it's a sound piece of kit and fit for purpose and any good loler inspector should mark it as such even without ce mark.

[Pete Mctree]

Now you guy's are all climbing & working srt, then do you think there are other protocols to follow like the IRATA climbers. 2 ropes for example?

[scotspine1]

Now you guy's are all climbing & working srt, then do you think there are other protocols to follow like the IRATA climbers. 2 ropes for example?

 

Remember DbRT is essentially SRT, just that the single rope is doubled over the anchor point, we've been doing it for years.

 

IRATA?..... Those clowns anchor into rusty bits of metal and loose gutters, no wonder they need two ropes.