1973-04 April IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

ISEW Journeymen and Apprentices
A New Skill Improvement Text
A 208-page guIde to a/l pheses of rIgging,
knots, and splices utilizing fiber and wire
ropes and chain, Including up-to-data
information on:
• All types of bfo ckl, tack)el, and IlIngl
• Th. IlIUng and movIng of loadl
• Scaffoldl, anchoragel, and gUYI
• Davlc .. and 10011 used In rigging
• Rigging and Ilgnamng helfcoplltrl
The need for this Imponant new skill
Improvement lexl Is spelled oul In the
preface signed by International President
Charles Pillard and International Secretary
Joseph D. Keenan :
"'Rigging-thai Is the simplest skill in the
world.' 'Why should anyone want to study rigging?
I have been doing it all my tile.' 'Rigging and knot
lying. I could lie all the knots in the book when I was only
seven.' And on It goes. Everybody Is an expert on the subject ... or are they?
"In the year 1970, the International Ollice received reports 01 better than 3,600
accidents. Th irty-eight of Ihese accidents led to fatalities. Yel, only nineteen of
these fatalities we re caused by electrical contact. Further, halt 01 Ihese accidents
were associaled with material and equipment handling or usage. Therefore,
could you honestly stale that we were all experts?"
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Tying and Rigging," 8t $6.00 8 copy.
copy(les) 01 Ihe latest sklllimprovement course, "Knot
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