Links to safety information........ALWAYS
under construction
Many
manufacturers have been on the
safety bandwagon since day one. Have you noticed?
How about
CPR? It's called "Artificial Respiration" in
OSHA regs. People who work in proximity of, or have equipment which can
reach high voltage lines, are required to have training so they may try
and save/sustain a person who has been jolted.
The fact is, many ENG/SNG vans have been
delivered with
Operations Manuals which contain information that could have warned
operators
about the possibility of fatal injury if, in this example, their
vehicle
mast was elevated into a power line. This is not new information. One
manual
had a reference sheet in it with this information, and was dated 1989.
(See below) The operators involved in an accident with the truck
reportedly
never saw the paperwork, although it was delivered to the station with
the new ENG van.
Another warning was against moving a vehicle while the
mast is extended, also dated 1989. (Also below)
Operators: Have you seen YOUR vehicle's operations manual?
Managers:
Have your employees been given copies and signed off on receiving and
reading
it? (Yes? OK...do refreshers....)
To supplement
the efforts of the manufacturers, who have
a duty, among others, to warn about possible hazards of their equipment
use, we have provided links which go to the sections of their web pages
devoted to safety awareness. It certainly isn't all the information
they
put out, and certainly not all that's out there, but it's a start which
started a long time ago, before many accidents.
- Basic Overview of the role of
ENG/SNG.
- Definitions.
- Elements in covering events.
- Analog Theory.
- The TV Picture.
- Digital.
- Terrestrial Microwave Links.
- Fresnel zones.
- Digital modulation in ENG microwave.
- Transmission and reception chains.
- Antennas.
- Trucks and masts.
- Setting up a link.
- Mid points.
- Other microwave links and
platforms.
- Radio cameras.
- Optical links.
- Satellites and orbits.
- Basic Sat Comm Theory.
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- Basic digital SNG system.
- Digital Compression.
- Video Compression.
- MPEG.
- MPEG picture problems.
- Audio Compression.
- Digital Modulation in SNG.
- DSNG processing equipment.
- SNG Antennas.
- Link Budgets.
- DSNG uplink types.
- Flyaways.
- Typical flyaway construction.
- SNG Vehicles.
- SNG Operations - locating the
uplink.
- Co-ordination and line up
procedures.
- Automation.
- Inmarsat and the use of Videophones.
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- Video-conferencing and videophones.
- Store and Forward.
- Inmarsat satphone operation.
- Satellite regulatory issues.
- National control and trans-border
issues.
- Satellite operators.
- The use of satellite capacity.
- Types of capacity.
- Operating an SNG uplink.
- Safety.
- Dealing with Hazards of Microwave
equipment.
- Electrical Hazards.
- Operating ENG pneumatic masts.
- Manual Handling.
- Driving of Vehicles.
- Operating in hostile environments.
- Getting into the war zone.
- Logistics.
- On the Horizon.
- Glossary of terms.
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Go to http://www.beaconseek.com to
order your copy.
Websites
http://www.engsafety.ca
is a website put together by our
Canadian Brothers and Sisters.
It has a good safety video to add to your library and safety program.
http://www.electricsubstationsafety.com is a site devoted to power company
substation
safety. Its author provides some great videos on the site showing the
power of electricity.
http://safety.1800inet.com
Workplace Health & Safety
OSHA - DOT Health,
Safety & Regulatory Compliance Training & Education - Books, Manuals, Kits,
Safety Equipment, Videos, Software and more.
http://oshasafetytraining.net
(A true safety linkatorium!)
(CBS ENG
Safety Manual) www.ibew45.org/pdf/cbs_eng_safety.pdf
www.AVECeng.com
(Alpha Video's ENG Safety paper)
www.engsafety.com
(The ENG Safety website that got you here)
www.arfunk.com/rw-article.html
(Andy Funk's good stuff.)
http://www.powerlinesafety.com
(a whole bunch of good stuff)
www.shook-usa.com
(Shook Mobile Technology's safety information)
www.sigalarminc.com
(Sigalarm's hazard warning device)
www.twsseminars.com
(Time well spent safety seminars)
www.willburt.com
(Mast and mast safety device manufacturers)
www.osha.gov/safelinks.html
(Safety links form the US Government)
Videotapes.
(Get them, make up short tests for them, cycle them
quarterly.)
"Look
Up and Live" by the National Press
Photographers
Association.
10 minutes long, and is available
through the NPPA. [GO
there]
"Safety
is Good News" by the Salt River
Project,
Phoenix, AZ.
23 minutes. FREE!
[e-mail]
Salt River Project Representative
"High Voltage" from The
History
Channel
50 minutes. $19.95, or close to it, plus
postage. www.historychannel.com
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