Utility Pole Climbing Inspection

1. This company requires and enforces 100% tie-off when climbing and working from poles?

2. Are crewmembers at the job site trained and equipped for poletop rescue?

3. Are poles visually inspected and hammer sounded to ensure structural safety prior to climbing?

4. Climbing belts and positioning straps are checked before each use?

5. Climbing belts and positioning straps are inspected for: signs of wear, deterioration, or evidence of impact loading?

6. Climbing belts and positioning straps are inspected for: loose threads, pulled rivets, burns, cuts, distortions, abrasions, or any other evidence of chemical or physical deterioration that may have weakened the material or assembly?

7. Positioning straps are sized or adjusted to allow linemen to work at approximately arm's length from the pole?

8. Buckle and belt ends and belt holes are inspected for wear from repeated use; opening and closing? (Enlarged or distorted holes may indicate excessive wear or damage through impact loading.)

9. D-Rings, attachment points and hardware are inspected for distortion, chemical corrosion, unusual wear or damaged fibers?

10. Are climbing gaffs inspected before each use for sharpness, dents, bends, gouges, corrosion or scratches?

11. Is equipment available to sharpen and maintian climbing gaffs? (I.e. Manufactyrer's gaff gauge, file and sharpening stone.)

12. Are climbing gaffs thickness measured using the manufacturer's recommended gaff gauge before each use?

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