Suspension TRAUMA is fo reelz. That’s why you need this on your harness.
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- 3M puts on an awesome fall protection training. The construction industry is lucky to have companies like this brining awareness to falls, the number one of OSHA's fatal 4.
When the safety teacher is actually engaging and informed
Man what fall protection course are you taking😂😂 every one that I’ve been to has guys this concerned considering your life could be on the line. Apparently you need to get out of the area your at
clots go to heart and brain, though?
and like hot!
uninformed is the correct term, literally wrong on almost everything
@@ChaoticIllusionsa lot of people just don’t care and are only doing things for the sole purpose of getting paid.
Give this guy a raise for a clear loud voice that’s easy to follow and loving what he does!
That looks stellar! I've been trained on harnesses before over a decade ago, I can put 'em on and ESPECIALLY take 'em off like nobody's business, but I do NOT remember that feature!
Here's what they taught us, because yeah they told us that blood can pool up in your legs and it's bad, so you know what they taught us to do?
Bicycle kick, to basically dangle up there and work our legs about as though on a job or riding a bicycle.
This looks MUCH better than that!
Oh and thankfully I never suffered a fall... but uh, fellas? Here's something worth remembering IF it is still a part of harness safety training.
You want those straps around your legs to be ROUGHLY tight enough to where you can stick your hand in between the strap and your thigh. You don't want it TOO tight, but you DO NOT WANT IT TOO LOOSE!
Some guys let their harness leg straps hang totally loose, because it might be more comfortable than having the thigh-straps to proper tension.
Here's the safety message, GENTLEMEN... if you want your family jewels to stay in your pretty little coin purse, keep your thigh-straps to proper tension.
Not too tight, and only loose enough to stick one hand between the strap and your thigh.
Yeah I ain't jokin', they went around with a picture on a phone for people to see, I did not look but I received the message LOUD AND CLEAR.
For any who end up going into a profession that involves harnesses, and if you happen to be one whom is in possession of 'dangly bits,' consider yourself in reception of this heartfelt warning from a brother.
I would not wish such a thing on my worst enemy, but well if you don't follow safety procedures then that's the type of thing that can happen.
"Safety, safety, safety."
Everyone deserves to go home at the end of the day, INTACT. A family friend was not so lucky, kids lost their father and a wife was widowed.
Rest peacefully, Mike Shannahan. You can play Dr. Hook better than Dr. Hook could...
I bet you hate rap music and voted for Trump
@@guppygb6078Have a seat, buddy 😂!
@@rgw1380rw LOL! 😂It's so true !
@@guppygb6078lmao what
As a 15 year Tower Vet this is a fantastic break down of mitigating suspension trauma.
As a 15 year tower vet I’m sure you endeavor to avoid cross-loading carabiners!
@@stvbrsnyeah, that side loaded carabiner would probably fail before the blood clots kill him 😱
@@stvbrsn Legitimately the first thing I noticed too. It's possible he did it intentionally for the purpose of training. It's also possible he didn't know the biner was cross-loaded. That's for him and his class to worry about - time and place situation. What I do think was a poor choice was the person posting this clip to UA-cam without proper context. There's hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of people watching this video, many of them working at height without professional training (I'm looking at you Amazon). Plenty of people could see this example and come to believe cross-loading is a safe practice. If they never have that belief corrected and they do find themself compromised in a fall, suspension trauma will be the least of their worries. The Red Cross wouldn't post a video of someone performing CPR incorrectly without proper context - the person operating this channel should have had better judgement. This is irresponsible. As a 10 year tower vet, that's just my 2 cents.
i was worried when he stepped up
This guy got me taking notes and I’m at home
Same!
FACTS. Me calculating how/when I can use this life saving info
Lol. I didn't even know it was a thing before I saw this video. When he started, I thought about holding the harness at the top to reduce the pressure but his recommendation is gold.
Notes include:
Make loop
Stand on loop
@@salmon.enthusiastRight! This isn’t rocket science guys.
As a Private safety consultant almost every company starts freaking out when I show them this as the reason for needing a fall/rescue plan😂
Keep them accountable!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Fantastic. Thank you.
My other half worked in scaffolding for over three decades, some of the stories he has are horrific- and most PREVENTABLE!! He ALWAYS took care of his crews, but many can’t say the same. Thank you again.
Just cut the straps. Hell, be ok at that height
As a UA-cam commentator I like this comment
@@Moe_510 As a comment section Troll, i wont troll this comment
I worked for a company at some point needing a harness on daily basis, had i known this reality beforehand i wouldn't have went to work there as they didn't have these safety measurements. Tbh, the safety protocols there in general was questionable. Trucks not being grounded, sample scoops from inside the trailer, etc.
If this guy was the guy training me I woulda never left my first job..Great instructor
@fallenofftop7181 Yes, people leave workplaces with incompetent trainers and management, who knew?
@Fallen OffTop pathetic
@Fallen OffTop you are a sad human
@Fallen OffTop screw off. Bad training is incredibly dangerous
So cute too
This is the guy you want leading your safety meetings. Clear and concise instructions plus you can just tell that safety is number one priority for him.
No, money is always number one in this world, safety is number 2
@@notnowsatan-pv6xp true that. I can't disagree with there. Workers gotta stay safe if they want to be able to use that money though. The upper-management on the other hand, yes. They couldn't care less whether their workers are safe or not. They'd rather just pay an OSHA fine and give families a half-assed apology. Some evil shit right there.
I thought it was "safety 3rd?"
@@nowake only if stoges and beer comes 1st and 2nd.
@ffo kcuf money aka materialism can't justify why something is right or wrong and money is temporary therefore truth is all that truly matters but yes people worship money and I hope they enjoy the consequences of that lol because you will be filled up by that which you worship
Damn all this time at Amazon if I would've been suspended in the air as an order picker I would've died 😂 I ain't know this shit
They didn't give you fall arrest training? That's absolutely fucked.
Yes, we hear Amazon is great at taking care of their employees. 🙄
Unionize
Yeah, this is big corporations taking care of their working class 🙄 Ive been around it my whole life. Its like, what would it hurt to further educate your employees? Youre gona end up paying the family and it will never make up for it. My brother and I got this training when we did towers, but im horrified at how many warehouse and construction workers never get this training
@@nukeputin420great more puppets for the leftist lunatics. You dont need a union to make things happen anymore.
You know you’re in good hands when they say “some people do this but I personally would do…” they’ve clearly got experience
Big facts
lol unless they don’t have any experience…
“Some people drive the speed limit, but I personally would drive faster because 5 mph more isn’t going to make a difference in safety”
“Some people look both ways before crossing the street, but I personally just look one way because if they hit me it’s their fault.”
@@alextasarov1341 lol
For not someone saying “this is how you do it and it’s the only possible way to do it”
@@alextasarov1341 sarcasm bud
You can tell he love his job & actually knows wtf he’s talking about 🗣
No the fuck he doesn't.
Yes true, but the blood loses oxygen, then becomes toxic (because of a buildup of Carbon Monoxide) the rest is all in order (as far as I know) after that.
What? You can’t tell 💩 from this
Yeah, you can also tell he has a beautiful wife and kids waiting for him in his home and that he pays his taxes. Ffs, you cannot tell that someone doing his job loves it from this. Paramount to saying a cashier loves her job just because she was smiling. Stop inferring random BS on people's lives. You don't know him.
@@Wyllowisp you typed a whole book & no one cares 🤣 saddd….
As an ex lift technician, this is such an important and overlooked issue. Well played chaps your saving lives 100%
@@thomascharette3422 It is a serious problem; people have heart attacks from the blood rush after just a few minutes hanging there..
@@thomascharette3422 lol you’re clearly not in the medical field
@@thomascharette3422 ur done…… buhhh byeeee 👋🏼
@@thomascharette3422 bro do you also know that you're not supposed to leave a tourniquet on for an extended period of time for the exact same reason? You stupid as hell right now.
If bait well played
@@thomascharette3422 Tourniquets are also dangerous if worn too long. I guess you aren't very informed.
Someone give that man a raise.
Demonstrating safety, with a side-loaded carabiner… is a fail
@@babybijou969 it is not a fail. It works as intended
He's already above the ground level
Absolutely MUST become an OSHA requirement in all fall protection harnesses.
100% agreed
Agreed!
I thought all fall protection required the straps
@@shadyshinichi2JZ nope, recently started a maintenance course and out of the 6 people in my class between 4 different departments I'm the only one who got a harness that came with 2 straps with foot loops instead of like the one in the video.
100% agreed!
That is amazing, always wondered about that. Like dang, that would hurt after a good 10 min, but did not know how dangerous it really could be.
It hurts after the first 10 seconds, it's when it stops hurting is the issue
Even prolonged sitting in front of your computer without breaks and proper stretching can cause blood clots and kill you. Few ppl already died because of that during gaming tournaments, marathons lasting 20+ hours.
@@iambicpentameter5252 A lot of people don't read warning labels either.
the other option is better?
Why there is always a crew. If you see someone working in a harness alone they are defeating the purpose
It’s highly recommended you have this setup when your hunting from a tree stand. There’s horror stories of guys falling out of their tree stand, being saved by their harness, but found hours later dead from suspension trauma.
Wow that’s horrible! I suppose it’s easier to say from an outside view but at a certain point when you’re hanging from the harness you just gotta cut it and take the fall from the tree
odd that some harnesses don't have the trauma straps as standard, but an add on that is bought separately.
if you're tied to a tree, there better be spikes on your shoes.
@@DrDeuteron illegal here to have spikes while hunting.
@@vitriolveio wow that’s really easier said than done
We bought this for work recently. This was also a hot topic for my hunter safety classes.
Hunting mountain goats?
@@OmmerSyssel ? I guess it could be mountain goats, but it was specifically about the harnesses for hunters that hunt on platforms high in a tree.
Dude even talked about the blood clots you can truly tell he loves his job cause most people would just give the in and outs of it without even talking about the risk and safety
I’d say the risk and safety is the only reason the product exists though..
Yeah because he is promoting a product right? He's not doing an orientation
You gotta create the demand. Gotta make sure they know WHY they need to buy it instead of just “this is how it works.”
I don't understand why that harness is so risky, I've done rock climbing for many many years and nobody told me about that! Granted our harnesses are suspended from the front not the back so maybe that makes a difference?
Well most people wouldn't have actually hung themselves like that just to verbally explain something either
As a grocery store deli associate, I have no idea what the hell's going on.
i needed to laugh thank you 😂😂😂💯
🤣🤣🤣
I, too, am a grocery store deli associate, but having served in the navy, I do understand what is going on here. That's the same harness you'd wear going aloft.
This is a safety procedure for when Santa gets stuck on his way down your chimney to deliver presents. There, now you can sleep tight.
@Daniel I think his name is actually spelled "Olaf".
There is nothing better than a training instructor that's into it.
This guy is so nice and calm, when I was learning about this it was in Jump school and it was just Sergeant's yelling at you
It's been a long time for me, but from boot camp through every other class, whenever it was the safety briefing the yelling stopped.
Do it wrong and you need a "refresher" and that one might be a bit loud.
I don’t know when I’ll ever need this, but it’s always good to be prepared.
Technically any time you are near a 6 foot drop or higher
Probably around the same time you really need that harness too lol
A lot cavers die due to this so it could be kinda useful I guess
Honestly might be nice to just get your legs moving around every once in a while so your not going numb
I were one of these harnesses everyday for work. This is the equivalent to having a tourniquet in my line of work.
Him actually being engaged with what he's teaching helps you learn, also he was quick and swift when presenting it.
His carabiner was side loaded and these "harnesses are very stupid. As a climbing arborist we sit in our harnesses all day with no problem, these things should be banned
@@IsraelistheJewsland dumb
@@IsraelistheJewsland these are exclusively for catching a fall tho, not to keep you up for extended periods of time
@@IsraelistheJewsland idiot
Whatever they're paying him- he deserves a pay rise
Don't forget to mention you should never work at heights alone, if you're unconscious those straps won't help you, I've worked with so many people who take the unnecessary risk to get the job done quicker 😔
not unnecessary, we just need the money
Roofers be bad for that one.
Same. Also was on site when a dude fell two stories face-first into concrete because he was working without a harness. These people think this shit is a game.
Well is inevitable when you work with stubborn @$$holes that think they know everything, I just let them get f u k ed.
@@EdiieAK Earning money in order to survive with your job shouldn't involve taking risks. That's why fair salaries and safety rules should be standard. If people don't respect safety standards it will only go downhill and at one point workers will be forced to ignore safety rules, because finishing early will be more or less expected.
Also, always have a rescue plan and practice it to the extent possible.
Do not practice with a side-loaded carabiner though, like this guy did
Incidentally, this is why heights work should never be done alone. You should always have someone near by that can call for help. And yes, they should ALWAYS call for help first before ever trying to rescue themselves.
Exactly!
Meh i'm already dead if it gets to that point, my harness was in the van. xD
Having a rescue plan and a backup rescue plan where you work can save a life . When seconds counts helps is always minutes away
They do now. In every industrial job ive been they got a "buddy system" no one can go work alone in the unit.
Most construction work should be done partners
As someone who works in a shipyard and wears a harness at least weekly, I'm very happy this was posted
Me too... I never knew this.
Yeah I figured given how the harness arrests your legs like that it would stress something; Didn't know specifically blood clots but I figured something would go awry with how tight it yanks you. Resistance bands saving lives again 🙏
Man where I’m from the shipyard union jobs are so fuckin’ good
as someone who works on cellphone and radio towers and is in a harness daily, you shouldn't have had to see this video to know this, you should have been trained this exact procedure
@@PhilDesigns nope. Zero training
I learned about this in my union carpenter trade school as well. My teacher also informed us you want to keep that harness snug to your body as well. He said how he knew a guy who kept his harness loose and when he felt, the force of the fall into a slack harness caused him to literally tear out one of his testicles.. keep that in mind boys 😉
That would seriously ruin your day
Nooohhhh whhaaayyyaa braaaa
Mine showed pictures. You will never unsee it, and you'll wear your harness properly from then on.
Aaaaahh i felt that!
Thanks for more making me squint unexpectedly.
Yup, totally correct and it’s great you’re putting this information out for everyone to learn!!!! Thank you!
When I took classes on this very situation. The teacher said if you ever help someone back over into a basket. Don't let the person sit down or lay down because of the clots could reach their heart and brain. Hold them up if you have to for as long as possible. That is a great thing to have on the harness very well needed.
You have them sit in the W Position for 30 minutes to let the carbon dioxide that built up in the blood slowly dissipate. Kinda like putting a kink in a waterhose and slowly letting the water flow. The worst thing someone can do once getting down is to lay down or sit in any other position.
@@regric25
W position?
@@regric25 wtf is the W position
@@dykishandfriends up against a wall with your knees up
@@dykishandfriends you have Google. lots of kids sit in that position too. also, it's sitting in the "W position." it's not too hard to imagine what it could be. then again, you don't even have to imagine it with Google though. so- 👌
As a heavy mechanic that has to tie off often, this is crucial info. Glad we got this demo from the harness guy
what company you work at? Are they hiring? Thanks
@@omarscomingyo651 all heavy mechanic shops are hiring at all times.
@@ssavman I'm pretty fit physically but I have no experience in similar construction or this type job. Will they hire me?
@@santoryu2753 Unlikely, you'd need some sort of apprenticeship or someone willing to take the time and teach you
@@santoryu2753 look for lube or PM technician positions. An eagerness to learn is all it takes usually
Bro this shit is a must man you out here saving real hard working people life’s please make osha make it mandatory
You can start the process! Start petitioning! You don't have to sit and hope, you can start making noise yourself!
if you don't have leg straps you can pedal your legs like you're on a bike. It's all about keeping the circulation going.
@@nono-fb8tr yeah but then he’s known by everyone as the harness guy
@@dalekimball8846 just forget about the hypertension
@@dalekimball8846 Peddling would actually make things worse, I would think. Make the harness dig in even more, and or cause more trauma to the arteries.
they really emphasized those things when i worked at a target warehouse. i always thought they were neat concepts, and it’s cool seeing them demonstrated like this
This is why it’s SO important to have people that are actually comfortable demonstrating in an engaging manor.
Wow, when I took a fall prevention class five years ago, they just told us that we'd better hope they found a quick way to get you down. That's such a simple solution.
That's what they said when I did mine like 6 months ago lmao. They briefly went over harnesses with foot straps, but nothing this effective
I had a guy from South Africa give us a speech like this at midstate. The dude was insanely knowledgeable
Just because someone is saying something doesn't mean they're correct.
@@jackjack4412 were u there?
@@jackjack4412 give mom back the phone
@@jackjack4412 Point in case, you
Amazing idea truly
A proper instructor instructing properly in 2023 is a blessing.
I got stuck in a tight spot(welding fire) a few years ago and ended up repelling down from a 90ft boom lift. The company that I work for has a mandatory rule that you keep a 200ft rope in any lift that you are operating and I had a 3M safety harness on so I hitched up the rope to the basket hooks and repelled down. It was the scariest shit I've ever done but I am still alive. When things go wrong on a jobsite and it's 100ft in the air, you are willing to do anything to get to safety.
I'll never forget that video of the 2 guys working on a wind turbine when it caught fire leaving them stuck on top of the turbine. Heartbreaking video. That's why I could never do a job that involves those kind of heights. Mad respect to the people that do.
Love when safety protocols are followed and are utilized to prevent injury.
I'll take bullshit that never happened for $100 please
@@JuniorFA3313 because people aren’t allowed to have unique experiences
It's weird that 3m makes harnesses I always thought of them as the tape and wall hook company haha
My cousin passed exactly because of this trauma. Climbing accident, she hung, practically unharmed, for few hours before rescue team arrived. She was airlifted to take her to a hospital, but shortly after being on a stretcher she complained of feeling unwell and feint, before falling into a coma. She passed that same day in hospital.
She would have been with us, had these straps been a standard climbing equipment...
My sympathies to families of all those who died this way...
I'd go farther and say why not just make a harness that's works- I climb trees for a living and our harnesses can be sat in for hrs.
I'm truly sorry to hear about this.
@@IsraelistheJewsland try rock climbing in one. Even a big wall harness is too cumbersome and heavy for most people to tolerate wearing while free climbing anything challenging. More than likely climbers will have something on their harness to be able to do something similar to what’s shown in the video. Unfortunately I believe the problem would be not knowing the dangers of sustained hanging in the harness (or being too banged up from the fall to be able to do what is needed).
A climbing accident... So she would have fallen to her death otherwise. At least there was a chance or survival with the harness. Do you even think before you type?
The worst part is you using your cousin's death as justification to promote ignorance. Do you have no shame?
My man! God bless all the linemen
For guys, make sure to always properly wear the harness. A loose harness can result in an exploded nutsack during a fall
Good ol' degloving technique
Circumcision precision
Seen this in a fall protection class that the company had me take as a subcontractor, needless to say, i definitely make sure it’s the right size and fits right. They should pictures of incorrect harness sizes and it is breathtaking. Made me more careful for sure. (Great comment by the way)
I understand why you commented this, but reading it brought upon me physical pain
During a fall? A loose harness can result in a popped nut even if you just crouch
This device has actually saved me before. I was up in a Genie, essentially a bucket lift on a boom. I was upgrading the lighting, mofuggah didn't look up when using the crane, so I had to jump out of the genie cuz the crane was gonna collide, and it just demolished it. And because it knocked the crane off track, AND our other genie was broke down, no one could get me down for like 90 minutes. Freaking sucked, but it was good that I actually had all the PPE I needed.
Dayum. Good thing you were paying attention, unlike the crane driver
Wow. Thankful you are still here. Glad you had this. Sending you all my best wishes!
Terrifying. We have two Genie's at my job. Our protocol with them is a two man crew at all times. Whether it's stationary or moving to next job location.
Now I kinda feel like an idiot for the number of times I've been in 50ft boom with no harness
Once I was about 120ft up a tower and the radio mount was obstructing my path in such a way there were no good tie off points. As I was nearly around the radio to get to a good place to tie off, my foot slipped. Having said that, after knowing that fear, I’m glad you’re still here to tell the tale. Stay safe out there folks
This was so freaking cool to learn. You can tell this guy is familiar with the equipment and also able to express it well.
Just ordered, lyk how it goes
@@theyluvjody Actually?
This might be one of the most valuable pieces of information I've ever learned from a UA-cam video
Can we find this man!? He needs a raise!! Clear demonstration, has everyone’s attention and I believe everyone watching in the demonstration will never forget this!
He needs to be sacked ! Cross loaded carabiner, instant FAIL !
You're welcome to pay him as much as you want 😅
Not to mention, he is very well hung!
No seriously raise him up he needs help
“He needs a raise” dudes just doing a demonstration of something that hundreds of thousands of people do daily
I'm a professional barista but this man taught me what I should do to be safe if I'm making coffee at heights
Get a real job
@@olbricky6824 i do have a real job. i enjoy my work, the pay is sufficient for my needs, and I'm happy with making a product i can take pride in! I'm content with what i do and most days, work doesn't feel like work. isn't that what a job should be?
@@shy8291 sounds like a good gig to me
Especially now that you know how to do it safely at heights
Primo comment
I work with fall suspended protection and I didn’t know what these straps were for and now I do I appreciate the knowledge
And knowing is half the battle 😉👍
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.... don't get the reference? Ask your parents, kids.
@@The_Notorious_N.O.E. G. I. JOE!!!!!…..
Ah, the memories……
😁👍😉
I used to work at height on commercial airliners and cargo aircraft. Our harnesses didn’t have these straps and on about half of the harness setups, the lock reels didn’t work.
We were told to try to lay back in the harness to take the weight off our arteries. Instead, nobody wore the harnesses after seeing two falls involving failed inertia lock reels.
E will you now be using these? Or carry on working with the risk of now possibly death before rescue?
@@alexwu8077 I would think that once any employee saw that the PPE was broken or damaged in any way that they would report it to the higher-ups to gave it replaced or repaired. And if you did report it but nothing was done you should have contacted OSHA IMMEDIATELY! I would think a threat of an employee calling osha would get a supervisor to get things taken care of lol
I don’t even need this but the guy did such a great job explaining, I stuck around to watch! What a simple little way to save yourself!
I'm in industrial rescue team leader and we had an incident where a plumber needed to be lowered down into a pit so that he could connect a couple pipes to the bracket supporting them to the outside of the pit. He forgot his actual rappelling harness and decided to do the job with a Miller fall protection harness. The workers attached the carabiner to his back and lowered him in like that. Apparently he started complaining of pain in his legs after about 6 minutes. according to the attendant and his partner a few minutes later he placed his feet on either side of the pipe and forced himself up a little bit to relieve the pressure on his legs. A blood clot had formed in his femoral artery and as soon as he relieved the pressure on his legs, the straps acting like a tourniquet the blood-clot migrated. An understanding of suspension trauma and why it is important to wear a proper harness is very important. To make matters worse the individual who lowered him into the pit was unable to pull him back out because in a panic he dropped his 3:1 conversion down to the bottom of the pit and was unable to pull him up with just the 1:1 tag line. We were actually there providing standby rescue for a completely different confined space and a plant employee came running up to us asking us for assistance. He was completely unresponsive when we managed to get him out of the pit. A few months after the incident I spoke to an individual from that company and it turns out that that man is permanently disabled. I'm very sad and also totally avoidable situation.
Thank you for sharing. Wow, what a situation. We can learn from these things, absolutely.
Why are these miller fall prevention harnesses used when harnesses that won't cut off circulation exist?
@@CouchPotator probably cost. The ones that are meant for rappelling/climbing are more heavy duty because they are more likely to be used under full pressure often. Fall harnesses are there in case something happens, rather than meant as a helping hand. Different situations to be engineered for. Also fall harnesses have shear points that rip when someone falls to slow the fall, and are meant to be thrown out afterwards
Why did they allow him to work with improper gear? That’s so sad.
this would be similar to crush syndrome yes?
Bro you just saved so many lives. I didn't know what those damn straps were for! No one ever told me.
Except 80% of fall accidents result in unconsciousness
Lol we dont even have those straps haha 😂
@@scubasteve7022 still if he even just saved 5% it would have been worth it already hell even if he just saved 2 guys it's more then worth it
@@scubasteve7022 what's your point? That's still 20% that can benefit.
@@scubasteve7022 Every life saved is worth the training.
Clear, concise, and direct, this is the safety guy everyone needs. 😊
Demonstrating safety, with a side-loaded carabiner… is a fail
I love you. Thank you for explaining what happens to people who don't move their legs. Desk workers, couch potatoes, drivers,... Anyone, take hourly breaks to move the lower half of your body just for blood flow.
This is amazing. I was in a crew where the lift failed and dropped me. I was in my harness for 12 min hanging before a coworker found a way to hook on to me and drag me to a ledge so I could stand. It took another 1.5 hrs for them to get me out. If not for the guy I worked with I would have lost my legs.
You wouldn't have lost your legs, you would have lost your life. Suspension trauma can kill you in two ways, first one is when too much blood geht's confined in your legs, second when this blood becomes toxic and rushes back to your heart. So the point when your legs are cut off your bloodstream long enough you might loose them, you have bigger problems.
So this man saved your life not just your legs!
@@perzyvalsimmons5946 He's saying bare minimum he'd have lost his legs. It's not always 100% a clot would have formed and went to his heart.
@@justinhackstadt6677 Did you even read my comment?! I wrote "suspension trauma CAN kill you in two ways".
I just told him that the threat to his life was a far bigger than the threat of loosing his legs.
Hope you stay friends until today
Liar lmao. No such thing as suspension trauma.
I got OSHA certified and during the class they showed a visual render of the clots, carbon dioxide buildup, release and shock as well as a few videos of it happening in real life, I'm glad other people learn about this it's very important to know about stuff like this
For who? does the average desk worker need suspension training? At height training? Morons like you are why I'm so active in comments.. Hi I work at heights and its not uncommon to have some knucklehead move the basket while your working job sites are boring you make your own fun.. Suspended 30 min straight no skipping rope to stand on no clots no trauma..
Yep. Same here. They even showed a real life picture of some poor guy who's balls were literally blown out
My OSHA certification class was a joke. My highschool vocational teacher was able to certify us.
@@lesliechow4326 my dads an ironworker and he always told me about a guy he saw that fell and wasn’t wearing his harness right and his balls got blown out I believe him now😅
How do turniquets (sp?) Not cause blood clots?
Wish all my professors were this informative.
You get to choose your professors
Displaying a safety feature is not as complex as what your hire a professor to teach you, unless youre just completely clueless to baseline information of the topic and didnt do your homework
Who the hell goes to a professor for Work related learning? A professor has butter hands of a person who doesn't Work for a living
There’s no consequences to your professor being wrong.
@@Maxwelldog Half of them just went through the motions. They'd been doing it for so long it became hard for them to really care about the 80 students they had in each of their classes. I graduated with a 3.6 thanks to tutors who actually explained the material. I still would have graduated with a 3.6 with just a syllabus and tutors.
That's what tenure does. Makes for complacency and zero shits.
YES!!!!! I love new safety equipment advancements. Engaging the masses, I fully support this and you. Thank you for doing this work!!!!!!
In order of the greatest things the union is responsible for and has changed the lives of us all. #1 is by far safety requirements, holding companies liable for lack of safety provisions. #2. Time constraints, over time, lunch breaks, additional breaks, 40 hr weeks before additional pay. #3 labor exploitation, child labor laws, mental or physical disability, intimidating tactics, etc. Notice I didn't mention pay. Yeah pay scales are great, however in ranking of importance its the lowest. Getting home again, not working endlessly until die. Or have someone take advantage of subordinates to work them to death, changed it all. Guys like to laugh at the crews work in sandals, on bamboo scaffold, demo a concrete slab with a sledge to be left standing on a post, countless guys loading and unloading equipment without ramps, hand digging fellow miners out of collapses. " oh look how great this is" no its killing those people daily.
My safety instructor also told me "If you don't properly fix those straps you may go up a man but if you fall you're coming back down a woman"😭
Brilliant lmfao, tell a story, leave just enough up to the imagination, give perfect motivation to act safer
Lol
Your instructor is 💯 right, I know it sucks especially in the summer but I always keep myn loose until I’m going to tie off
😂 that's a good one
After you’ve seen the pictures, you’ll always keep those straps tight. 😅
This is why in flight training if you have to eject and you’re chuting down to the ground and end up in a tree or power line, they tell you it’s better to just detach and fall.
Yep, a broken leg(or two) is infinitely better than a blood clot in the brain.
Why don't they also have the same trauma straps then?
When the safety guy is legit tryna to help you live through a fall
But becomes a piñata 🪈
Complete your sentence.
Such as:
When you're looking up a dress and you see a big mess....
Diarrhea.
He reminds me of my swim team coach. He was very good at demonstrating and teaching. He was super chill, miss that guy
After leaving school I worked in a warehouse for a while. They had all sorts of safety protocols after an accident but then we got to the part where someone was suspended or hanging in a harness like this man. They explained how little time you have and how quickly it passes. They said just do whatever you have to do and get them down ASAP. I just remember completely understanding the seriousness of this incident type.
I know a lot of tree surgeons and you can get this trauma from not even falling. Just actually working up the tree apparently has a time limit due to the harnesses. But obviously, thats a situation where you put yourself in the situation with a way out. Just free hanging off a bridge or something is a totally different story.
@@Nbomber several stories really
@@CokeAMor lol. Good one
I cannot stress this enough: this is not just a salesman selling a product, this is so real and has killed many people
The only thing that’s traumatizing to me is the way that Carabiner is positioned 😊
I wanted to see if anyone else noticed 😂😂 just look how safe the safety people really are lol
I came to mention the cross loaded carabiner too!
That gate-loaded carabiner is inducing trauma to me.
Thank God somebody else noticed. I've been trained in this kind of stuff and that Carabiner placement made me irrationally angry
Scrolled through all the comments to find this one! Cross-loaded biner, ugh!
Great information that most of the time is not given. Very important. Great job!
This man may have just saved quite a few lives just by having this video posted. 💪🏾
If you don’t know how to use a harness you won’t be in one.
@@CANControlGRAFFITI if you really think that’s true, I got a bridge to sell ya lmaooo. That’s not how real life works
@@CANControlGRAFFITI in the real world there are lots of guys out there risking it everyday in a harness that do not know about this device. Out of the dozens of older guys i have worked with not a single one had one of these on their harness or much less knew about them. I am the youngest guy on the crew and will start wearing this device, and pushing it onto my older mentors. Stop assuming everyone gets state of the art training.
I remember in college the climbing club members told me about the 5 minute position, the 10 minute position, and so forth. This is bringing back the memories of those lunch time conversations. Good times.
Could you explain those? Sounds interesting and practical to know!
@@paulgran7815yes please
Not that harness hang syndrome can't be a problem in a climbing harness, but the harnesses are very different. The sole purpose of OSHA approved fall arrest systems is exactly that - arresting the fall. They are not intended for self-recovery, and because the suspension point is at your back you're stuck in the vertical position. Besides being largely immobilized by the design, you're suspended in a way that uses your weight to compress your femoral arteries. A properly fitted climbing harness tends to put you in a sitting position, so that the pressure is mostly on the back of your thighs and on your ass. If you happen to be hanging in the air away from the rock it should be easy to flip over into an inverted position so that you're suspended by the top of your pelvis. If you're rappelling you'll also have some slack below you so that you can stand in a loop or a girth hitch. As long as you aren't incapacitated from an injury you should be able to vary your position and how your weight is supported instead of simply hanging in one position until somebody else can assist you.
@@suedenim9208 Thanks for the explanation. I was wondering why I had never heard of this being an issue in the limited rappel/canyoneering training I've received.
So I've worn a climbing harness many times but never one of these. Why cant they just sit back in the harness? I've spent close to an hour sitting in one while working on a climbing route. It's not "comfortable " but it's not gonna cause any problems. What's keeping them from sitting back?
Thanks Mr. Safety Rep, for teaching me something I've never seen or been aware of
Regulations aren't always bad, folks.
Or education and personal responsibility. "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." Oh, goody.
@@bigblocklawyer yeah those billionaire CEOs sure do hate the government.
@bigblocklawyer gonna personal responsibility my way out of enployer disregard for human life oh boy. Please mister wise ass explain how?
@christian anderson Wow. You must be a multi-jabbed, union democrat. Won't go outside the house until big government says it's ok. Relying on some government bureaucrat who's never worked a day in their life on a jobsite to determine how to take responsibility for your own autonomy. But hey, the government needs sheep to do whatever they're told. You are exactly the victim they count on to stay in power.
@bigblocklawyer well, considering every safety regulation in existence was written in the blood of someone who may have been the most personally responsible person on the planet, that's kind of a stupid thing to say.
All i know is that carabineer will give you a second "come to God" moment when it straightens out. I need this
I noticed that almost instantly also. I climb quite often for work and know that butt hole puckering feeling all to well
I was watching that bineer waiting for it to snap straight too! Thought for sure that was the point of the video.
First thing i noticed and came looking for a comment about it 😂
It’s also known as the pucker effect lol 😂
We always called this happening "Heart Checks"! Why? Because if you ever experience this, you will without a doubt, know your heart is still beating. Beating Hard and very quickly!
Something needs to be added here. If you don't have trauma straps, lift your knees up to your torso and hold your knees with your hands. That will enable you to stay suspended longer, but not the same length as trauma straps.
Not everybody can do that :D Though most people working on roofs probably can..
Isn't this a sales pitch for the trauma straps? That's what I thought lol they ain't giving you anything other than their product being the one and only! LOL
@@hightalenttraining7546 I understood this as training.
But honestly, even if it was a sales pitch, it’s literally just a strap. If you didn’t want to buy one you could make something similar super easily.
P.S. trauma straps is a generic name for this type of safety gear, not a brand name.
@@hightalenttraining7546You could use rope if you're too poor for nylon webbing. That's all it is. Well-stitched nylon webbing.
For construction these are not usually issued by the contractor. This is a life saving sales pitch to the people wearing the harness. When I reality no harness should come without them!
I didn't have these 13 years ago, very nice improvement.
Thanks for talking about this. My sister in the military got blood clots this way. She has had 3 of them go through her heart since then and survived them all which is super rare.
Way back when I took Hunter's safety, the instructor mentioned suspension trauma and said a good way to avoid it is to keep your legs moving until help arrives. I hope this helps anyone out there reading, in case you unfortunately run into this situation without the suspension relief.
Common knowledge for those in the construction industry
Won't help unless you can remove the tension from your arteries, it will STILL retain pooled blood.
If you don't have the "trauma loops" a length of rope will serve the same purpose.
@@RockyAlajoki Please don't misinform people when it comes to life-saving techniques. My instructor was a 90 year old Army vet who still spends most of his time in the woods and was ranked top in my state. Even besides that fact, it's easily researchable information.
100% move wiggle your legs! It's a few minutes not 10-15. I climb and know how much pressure your thighs take hanging.
Learned about this hunting as a kid from my uncle, the plants and it was touched on in jump school too for the case of "if you're ever caught in a tree...." 😅 it sucks to have bad luck 🤣🤣 but yes, the wind caught my canopy and threw me off course. What the other guy failed to realize while writing his misinformed comment is while moving/kicking your legs you're allowing the straps to loosen enough, or at least move some allowing for blood to flow, but it wont last forever. It can kill you if you're unable to relieve the stress from the harness straps for a short period.
For context, this is very similar to a crush injury. The blood becomes "toxic" due to a buildup of lactic acid from anaerobic metabolism dude to the oxygen being depleted. If you're still up there you can have cellular death which will cause the cells to actually rupture and release a lot of potassium and proteins into your blood. The proteins can work to clog up your kidneys and cause something called rhabdomyolysis. And the potassium actually can give your heart a fatal arrhythmia because it causes your EKG Rhythm to turn into a sine wave rather than the normal QRS complex. This means that your heart will stop beating efficiently and stop pumping blood which will cause you to have cardiac arrest.
Treatments for Crush injuries can be started by EMS and include IV fluids, IV bicarbonate, IV calcium (you must be extremely careful to not mix bicarbonate and calcium in the same IV line without flushing heavily because they will turn into limestone in the IV), and continuous administration of Albuterol through a nebulizer. Fluids will help protect your kidneys by giving the proteins more fluid to help them pass, bicarbonate and calcium will help with the acidity from the lactic acid, and the calcium and albuterol will help counteract the potassium by balancing the potential and by shuttling it into other cells where it can be safely held for a bit.
This is the type of comment I absolutely love to see on the internet. Thorough. Thank you!
Thank You ❤❤❤❤
I am a Doctor after that comment. 🔥
Thank you for the education
Damn, feel like I just got my doctorates degree after reading this masterpiece 👨🏿🎓👨🏿⚕️
Great demonstration, WAY more informative than just reading a book...
Thank you for teaching me how dangerous staying suspended can be.
Proof?
@@gr6e tf do you mean proof? You can cut off circulation to the brain by choking someone hard enough, and what do you think is going to happen if your femoral artery (the one in either leg) is being pinched by a harness leg loop? You’re welcome to find out if you need proof.
It’s important to make sure you crossload your biner every time
Lol
Didn’t notice that. Makes me nervous
Haha. I saw that too
I was scanning the comments for this
@@noahpraver9521 I was shocked that nobody else had mentioned it either hahaha
You know the salesman is devoted when hes giving a demonstration and explaining how he has 5 to 10 minutes to successfully demonstrate the use of the strap or he'll die.
Also, ladies, this is the perfect way to explain the gravity of any serious situation to a man.
5-10 minutes if you are an elderly person with diabetes
It's honestly more like 6-8 hours. Source: Deployed Medicine
If it's more than 6-8 hours, the limb needs to be amputated due to the toxic blood. The 5-10 minutes is false, especially since I've had multiple TQs on for around 30 minutes during training, and I'm still fine
@@robotcretor13579 ah, so because you’re in shape and you didn’t develop thrombi your average construction worker definitely won’t.
Good shit.
Considering it takes about 30 seconds to do the demo... Your comment seems pretty stupid.
Makes no sense as skydivers regularly do hop and pops at altitude during sunset loads and don’t have this issue
This young man Is a very good teacher!
I’m a maintenance man for a hotel we do all kinds of stuff at these properties and it’s kind of fun. I had a airplane mechanic supervisor who was a guest come over and talk to me while I was harnessing up during a remodel going up to wash windows and pressure wash the building before paint work, and he explained this very thing. He said our harnesses were not correct and that needed taken care of before he wanted us in the lift. I thought it was so nice a man much smarter than I took the time to come over and explain in detail why it was important.
Good for you to be willing to learn from said person
It isn't intelligence, it's knowledge that makes all the difference.
@@azdeh1894 well said. dont have to be the smartest person just have to take the time to learn
@@azdeh1894 Intelligence is Knowledge in a sense
What’s great for you is that you are open to hearing other peoples input. Working in the construction field I can’t tell you how many people have the attitude of “I have been doing this for x amount of years” or “You don’t need to tell me how to do my job” and then go do very dangerous things.
Give this guy a raise. He's a great instructor
thats actually badass as hell, and this dude is easy to listen to. great at his job!
I know absolutely nothing about any high off the ground work that would need a harness but this is new info i will gratefully accept.
I had so idea this was even a thing. I’m lineman and we are trained for pole top and bucket rescues. Great video and and great instructor imo.
Aye man those harness’s saved my life. Those stirrups are so incredibly crucial
Damn. Need this at my job. All they give you is a whistle and tell you to “blow as hard as you can until help arrives or you pass out.”
Call Osha definitely not a good safety plan lol
You can purchase the straps and add them to your harness
@@eugenetawes5124 no facts to this because you shouldn’t be having to buy you’re own stuff to ensure you’re safely.. if your going through it, all you’re other co-workers or such else will go trough to it to
Just went to a fall prevention course yesterday. I haven’t googled anything about falls or harnesses and here I am. I PROMISE THEY’RE LISTENING.
Yes, many of your apps have microphone permission that you give them when you download the apps
You may have Received an Email With the details
I wonder how to apply to listen in on millions of peoples conversations a year
@@noobtv4325 they dont. They use an AI
How many “accept all cookies” have you accepted? Read them
Very good public speaking skills
Speaks simply; but precisely;
With emphasis on the correct words to get a good point across; but not too eloquently as to distract the audience of seemingly simple minded laborers and union climbers; with too many esoteric concepts-
And keeps it
Allllll coooool the whole time as to also sell the product of the huge industrial company he’s shilling for; 3M
Nice!!!!
That’s absolutely amazing. Safety features on a safety feature. Fantastic work. This is how we save lives.
There’s another ‘inception’ like step for workers who work in isolated areas such as tower climbers - a self rescue pak. Essentially what you see here with an add bit of kit that allows a fallen worker to reach out with a pole to attach an anchor and pull themselves back to safety and resume climbing.
What sucks is for every safety measure their was a fatal accident or more.
@@donttrickimtricky.8567 Safety rules are written in blood...
Thankfully we have the knowledge of the dangers now, and ways to protect ourselves from it. We learn our lessons and get better.
That's why I am wary of anyone trying to go back to the good ol' days. They weren't that good. Let's learn some lessons from the past, probably some more from the present, and be better in the future.
@@phillyphakename1255 of course. But sometimes we will leave things in fixed for so long,no matter how.many times we make the mistake. Seatbelts probably killed millions before they were invented. And even after and today people refuse to use them,so airbags became a thing then people disable them. So the next step is hopefully like that one movie where the whole car freezes.
@@phillyphakename1255 I'm sorry did you just say we have the knowledge now? Looking over the UA-cam comment section im seeing many imbeciles that are cutting off safety features or flat out denying the risk involved
My classmate from NDI school was doing a inspection of the legs of a oil rig off the coast. 3 man team, head tech was going down to do inspection in a harness in case he fell off catwalk. Guy ended up falling and was fine. Took them about 10 mins to get him down to there boat. They called it a day and were sailing home. The tech died about 20 mins after they got him down, blood clot got to his brain. This could have helped save him
They have harness that don't do this. Harness that are as comfortable as a nice chair
Wait so the harness is good or bad?
@@nuttynoah5342 it can catch you and save you from a fall but if you’re held up by it for too long it can be bad for your blood circulation
@Nutty Noah the harness won't kill you as fast as hitting concrete at terminal velocity.
Wow! Never knew this! This guy is a great teacher/communicator
ALWAYS supply your guys trauma straps for their harnesses.
If you aren't foreman than please please please request them.
Most of the time you will not get rescued in that short window of consciousness after a fall.
These straps add lots of time to that ticking clock, and are not obstructive to your work while wearing them.
-an OSHA compliant competent person on fall protection
I still don't understand why you aren't supposed to just climb back up. I mean maybe you could break your hand on the way down, then you couldn't. I would probably try to climb up regardless of any advice.
Of course not all people can pull themselves up a rope
@@NoBaconForYou you can't climb up an overhang out of your reach, and I doubt many people in the world can climb a thin climbing/safety rope without Ascension devices, which might not be present on a fall arrest harness or be available in a tight situation.
most places opt for the cheapest harnesses and man hanging in them for even a minute is seriously uncomfortable, then I tried a slightly better one costing $200 with added padding and trauma straps and you can hang there for considerably longer before discomfort sets in.. I would hate to actually fall in a cheap harness
@@brendandor most people can't, but I certainly can. I've heard of people doing it, so I know for a fact that I'd be able to as long as the fall didn't break my hip or something terrible like that, then I'd probably wait.
Pretty sure you could get past the overhang pretty easily. We are apes.. climbing is the one thing we are literally best at. I used to work for a roof cleaning company that wasn't OSHA compliant... We didn't use harnesses at all, which I was not okay with. So clearly, I've never dealt with this situation. Would probably be quite traumatic, and maybe I'd respond differently to how I expect.
If I was of right mind, I'd pull myself up. I have plenty of strength to go up a rope, tether, or pole with my arms alone, I do a lot of climbing exercises, so I'm definitely atypical in this regard. Not saying they shouldn't have the trauma straps, or whatever they're called. They definitely should have those.
Amazing how the solution to a critical issue always seems so simple when presented correctly.
These are the same people getting sued by basically every combat vet from OIF bc the hearing protection sucked. So ymmv
It’s because the “solution” isn’t a solution it’s a cheap and simple thing you’re going to rely on one day and then end up right back at square one when it fails… just like commenter above me mentions except one thing to add.. they are getting sued due to just about all their products being shit
@@RK36_ cheer up buttercup
@@deusvult6920 what is ymmv
As an ex commercial roofer, this man is exactly correct. The harness was and still is the last effort made to prevent you from dying from a fall.
If you find yourself suspended you need to immediately remove yourself from hanging in the harness for fear of losing legs or dying afterwards due to a blood clot.
Essentially, the harness is more to stop your body hitting the ground and causing damage to anyone below, than to save your own life. Obviously best case you would still survive too.
Dude… tourniquets are meant to be applied for hours at a time. This harness will not cause blood clots. This guys a con.
@@mickys8065 The harness is definitely to save you. It stops the immediate and most serious issue of the fall, it just also creates the less severe although still dangerous issue of suspension trauma which is a far better risk to face than the fall, and can and should be mitigated with the suspension release straps.
This guy's one hell of a speaker, and this is a great invention. This man is doing good work
Working in solar for 5 years I fell off the roof once. Thank God I was wearing my harness but having those trauma straps kept me alive
I absolutely love 3M the second we find a new work place danger and they’re already designing a new product.
They help tons on career schools as well!
3M seems like* the mafia of OSHA... they basically control OSHA and will make regulation modifications to make it prohibitively expensive for smaller companies to compete with creating better safety solutions; because the moment Joe Small's business releases something, the 3M employees sitting on the OSHA board will modify a regulation requiring an addition to that technology to remain compliant, and thus 3M can afford to make that adaptation but Joe Small can't afford to spent another $150k to retool his molds/machines.
@@TrueHelpTV socialism at work. but sometimes easier to get safety to people from a brand they trust. just make sure we know whats best for ourselves.
@@TrueHelpTV that’s why OSHA and 3M have funds and systems in place to help those small businesses…the only time I’ve worked somewhere that avoids OSHA like that is because they’re 30 years behind code by choice, not lack of funds.
The reason 3M always has new products that meet OSHA’a standards is because they work together to find common reasons of injury in the workplace and have an immediate solution to that problem for the the safety of the worker.
@@ATF2099 it has absolutely nothing to do with socialism, socialist governments are notorious for having 0 safety standards.
Hence why every OSHA video showing injury usually has Chinese or farsi writing.
@@jakenbake4555 You miss understood.. I'm talking about safety innovators not adaptors. So the company that tries to create it's own {insert product} like a safety grab for ropes. The moment their product becomes a competitor that's taking up a significant portion of their market share, 3M will advocate new changes that might be something as simple as "the internal pin now needs to be 0.5mm thicker" and then push that onto OSHA because they have a controlling seat on the board. Now suddenly John Smith's company has to spend hundreds of thousands to create new molds, new pins, and new face plates to accept those pin differences and they can't afford to because they were just finally breaking even in the first place on the original molds/dye casts/machines; but for companies like 3M, Petzl, Etc.. its nothing to them because they can do all this in house for very little money and can just re-regulate smaller manufacturing competitors in the safety equipment market out of business because they wont be able to afford to continue to keep their products within say the ANZI 359 specs.. You see the same thing in other industries as well, like electronic health record systems. There are lots of industries like this where the big guy controls the regulatory standard and by doing so, can prevent competition from occurring and it should be criminal.
I don’t work with any harnesses but damn, what a simple solution that even I can grasp.
It’s a danger I didn’t know existed. Valuable information with a simple solution.
@@hyacinthbucket3803really easy & cheap too. I'm impressed 👍
Very fantastic information and the visuals
Former Millwright here. When harnesses are in use, you have to have a documented escape/retrieval plan on file to get that worker down in under 5 minutes. Then they sit on their but with their knees to their chest and hold that position until EMS arrives.
I didn't know about sitting knees to chest. What does that do?
@@MooMofoI'm guessing it keeps any potential clots in the legs.
@@MooMofo It restricts blood flow. So of there is a clot it has a harder time traveling. Your blood cycles through your whole body and it's better to kink the garden hose so to speak and keep a clot in the lower half and not reach the brain and cause a stroke. Or travel to your lungs. Better to have nerve damage in the legs then die or be a vegetable.
Not being found for hours after an accident is one of my worst fears. Thankfully, I don't do any work from a harness.
If you work for any company that gives a shit, you never work alone.
@@zachgordon9531 I'm seconding this. If you're in an area you may not be discovered, do not work. Walk out. Being homeless beats being dead. Probably.
@Nic Parker if you are willing to work, there is always opportunity for employment elsewhere.
Most companies use a buddy system.