NATE Releases Safety Ropes Video
For Immediate Release:
June 19, 2024
Video is the Fourth to Debut in Volume 7 of the Association’s Popular #ClimberConnection Series
(Watertown, SD) – NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association today unveiled a video devoting coverage to the topic of safety ropes utilized in the communications tower industry. The video is the fourth to debut in Volume 7 of the Association’s popular #ClimberConnection Series.
The video includes an informative, back and forth dialogue between narrator Sean Gilhooley and Loui McCurley, CEO of NATE member company Beal-PMI, Inc. During their conversation, Gilhooley and McCurley discuss the types of safety ropes currently utilized in the industry, the materials that comprise the ropes, the performance characteristics of the ropes, rigging considerations for safety ropes, rope inspection protocols, and the impact of weather and other environmental conditions on ropes.
“Safety ropes are such a valuable, essential tool utilized by workers at tower sites,” stated Loui McCurley. “I would encourage the industry’s technician workforce to watch and share this video with their peers in the industry. I also would encourage companies both large and small to incorporate this video into their tailgate safety meetings and training sessions to further educate their employees on the safe utilization of ropes,” added McCurley.
Click HERE to watch the Safety Ropes #ClimberConnection Video. NATE encourages tower technicians, contractor companies, tower owners, wireless carriers, public safety communications officials and all communications infrastructure stakeholders to actively take part in this campaign by posting the video on their respective social networking platforms using the hashtag #ClimberConnection.
The Association also encourages industry workers to subscribe to NATE’s YouTube Channel and share their comments on the video through social interaction on the Association’s Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter and YouTube platforms.
The #ClimberConnection Volume 7 campaign is designed to supply education on timely topics directly to the industry’s workforce. For more information on NATE, visit www.natehome.com.
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About NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association
NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association is a non-profit trade association dedicated to providing a unified voice for companies in the diverse tower and communications infrastructure industries. It is recognized as the tower industry leader in promoting safety, standards, and education. Today, the Association boasts approximately 1,104 member companies (mostly small businesses) that construct, service or maintain hundreds of thousands of communications towers and next generation networks throughout the United States and 12 other countries.
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