Can anyone tell me when it would be acceptable to stand on a winch cable??
I'm asking as i was in this situation during an event last weekend. I was about to climb a steer rock slab and attached my wire cable to another vehicle as a saftey measure. There was the possibility of sliding sideways and rolling, so i deemed it a prudent measure.
The marshall started to clear spectators from the area, but walked over and deliberately stood on my untensioned cable. I felt this to be unsafe as if i had not been paying attention and wound in the cable he could have been seriously hurt. I had to shout at him to get off the cable and he looked at me like i was an idiot.
Was i wrong in asking someone NOT to stand on the cable during an active winch operation??
I'm asking as i was in this situation during an event last weekend. I was about to climb a steer rock slab and attached my wire cable to another vehicle as a saftey measure. There was the possibility of sliding sideways and rolling, so i deemed it a prudent measure.
The marshall started to clear spectators from the area, but walked over and deliberately stood on my untensioned cable. I felt this to be unsafe as if i had not been paying attention and wound in the cable he could have been seriously hurt. I had to shout at him to get off the cable and he looked at me like i was an idiot.
Was i wrong in asking someone NOT to stand on the cable during an active winch operation??