Working in construction the PPE they have now makes the risks quite low. I always am concerned more about the issues of rescue than in the task itself.
I would have to have a guy up there get a mild stroke and then have to go get him down.
That would be exciting.
As an old rock climber I must say that the fall protection equipment I’ve seen construction guys use doesn’t always seem entirely adequate to me.
Somewhere I have a couple of photos in the KC Star from 1947, IIRC, of WDAF-TV getting the antenna put on their tower. One of the pics shows a gent JUMPING from antenna to tower!!! Tower was about 1400ft at that point.
3 guys climbed the tower that morning about 8am and did not come down till about 6pm!!! One of the gents was my grandfather. The boss took the crew out for a big steak dinner as a reward for getting the antenna on.
I am gonna have to find that paper and get it scanned.
Regards
alfa6 ;>}