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Originally Posted by ship
Steel toes would be really nice if loading weights for the counterweight fly system, but it might be possible to get some strap on ones for this. That can easily break at toe and close down students doing the fly system once the insurance company gets done with your school. Perhaps the school could invest in such a thing as a side thought along with fall protection etc.
SNIP
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Hi Ship,
Ahh--excellent point about the fly rail. Tho I WOULD hope that anyone loading and unloading on the rail would be doing the proper two-hand grasp on all pig-iron or lead, and the further acknowlegement of "mine" or "got it" etc when shifting weights between persons to ensure no one lets go prematurely. I would be surprised if insurance company's even knew or considered students and fly-rails and the supervisions and dangers in that task. Hmmm...fly rails could be a good question of the day--like whats the many differences between single and double purchase systems--what are the names/parts of a fly system and their purposes, and the correct
safety technique's for loading/unloading and balancing weight and so on. I've considered this info for another tutorial..but the liabilities of posting such info (even if it came from Uncle Bill or other published sources) is up to Dave to decide about..as a fly system is just as dangerous as a pyro system.
Hehe..when it comes to
OSHA, fall protection and safety--the latest about being in a full harness and clipped in to the genie buckets--now thats a liability issue for insurance companys to consider.
-wolf