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Old 01-19-2016, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by clay67 View Post
Give them to someone that doesn't have one and stress the importance of wearing it. Two guys that work (or previously worked) for the company I work for have fallen out of trees and sustained spinal injuries. One is paralyzed from the waist down. The other has been retired for a couple years and broke his neck but didn't damage the spinal cord. He was lucky but at over 70 years old he will have a long recovery.
I know the guy your talking about that is paralyzed, when he fell it was a real wake up call for me. If it can happen to him it can happen to anyone.... I went and bought me a hunter safety system harness right after that and have never used my climber without it.
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