NATE Releases Safety Equipment Manufacturers Committee (SEMC) Fall Arrest Lanyard Testing Video
For Immediate Release:
September 19, 2023
Video is the Fourth to Debut in Volume 6 of the Association’s Popular #ClimberConnection Series; Highlights SEMC’s Recent Testing Event
(Dayton, Ohio) – NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association today unveiled a video shining a spotlight on the recent Fall Arrest Lanyard Testing Event that the Safety Equipment Manufacturers Committee (SEMC) held at the University of Dayton Research Institute in Dayton, Ohio.
The #ClimberConnection video conducts a deep dive into the SEMC’s protocols and procedures that were implemented to test fall arrest lanyards by replicating how they are utilized by technicians in the field at tower sites. Nineteen fall arrest lanyards from the different industry manufacturers were utilized to perform each of the five separate drop scenarios throughout the two-day event.
“This video does a great job of breaking down the comprehensive nature and the technical steps involved in the SEMC’s recent Fall Arrest Lanyard Testing Event,” said NATE Board of Directors member Bryan Lee. “The NATE SEMC’s mission is to test equipment based on how it functions in real-world, field-based environments and our dedicated group of subject matter experts were successful at this testing event due to our common goal of keeping elevated workers safe at heights in the communications infrastructure industry,” added Lee.
Click HERE to watch the SEMC Fall Arrest Lanyard Testing 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.
NATE SEMC plans to release a Fall Arrest Lanyard Testing Results White Paper later this year to unveil the specific results of this initiative. To access the NATE SEMC white papers on the various other industry testing and research initiatives, visit HERE.
The #ClimberConnection Volume 6 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 1,140 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.
