Web Sling Committee Report

By Steve Schroeder, Web Sling Committee Chairman

The Web Sling Technical Committee completed another successful and productive meeting last October 2 in Las Vegas. Many issues, ideas and opinions were brought
up and discussed at length.

We decided that due to lack of interest, the In/Out of service tags, due mainly to the continuing advancements of RFID technology, would no longer be addressed. The Web
Sling warning sheet prepared by Greg Babinchak has been approved by committee with the UV criteria included and will be forwarded to the Board for final approval and printing.

A wear protection report obtained by Mike Gelskey has been sent to WSTDA headquarters. A proposed "Train the Trainer" program has been tabled due to anticipated exorbitant costs.

We are still working on the "Contact Area Ratio" proposal
to the Board. An Ad-hoc committee consisting of Greg, Fred Ambli, Charles Lucas and I have been developing a protocol to possibly form a joint WSTDA/AWRF technical committee. This would help sling users determine acceptable shape, size and fitting applications for use with web slings. Mr. Ambli suggested that slings used in a recovery mode, such as the recent Minnesota bridge failure where load weights are unknown be considered. It was agreed that in the next revision of WS-1 additional verbiage will be
discussed on this matter.

As we go forward to our Spring meeting in Rhode Island, we will be focusing on two products that the association produces and distributes. First, is the Pocket Charts that have been in the works for sometime. I have a mock up of a possible finished product which will be reviewed at our pre-meeting the Saturday before the meeting officially begins Sunday May 18.

Secondly, our Web Sling Video is under review by all
committee members whom will submit comments and suggestions to me on Saturday if they haven't already. I would be remiss if I didn't mention that this will be my last technical committee meeting as chairman. The last three years have been very enjoyable and beneficial. I think we have done much to promote safety and the health of our industry.

Thank you to all participants for making this task very rewarding.

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