13^th ANNUAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN LINEMAN’S RODEO

AUGUST 3, 2002

PUEBLO, COLORADO

 

Event Descriptions

 

SAFETY TOOL INSPECTION (All Participants) – All contestants will have their safety equipment inspected and or checked before they can participate. The judges will be looking for personal safety equipment that is broken, out of manufacture tolerances, or not approved. The following equipment will be tested: Lineman’s Boots, Lineman’s Belt and Pole Straps, Lineman’s Climbers and Straps, Safety Glasses, Hard Hats, Rubber Gloves, Bag and Protectors, and Leather Gloves.

 

POLE CLIMBING WITH RAW EGG (All Participants) Mean time 60 seconds – With agility and quickness the contestants climb a pole carrying a raw egg in a miniature canvas bucket, commonly known as a “nose bag”. At the top of the pole the lineman transfer an egg to their mouth, hang up the bucket and descend the pole in a controlled manner. The object is to climb and descend the pole without cracking or breaking the egg.

                Rubber gloves will not be required at this event

                Time starts when the lineman’s graff hits the pole

                Climb pole with egg in bucket

                The Lineman’s safeties off

                Remove old bucket and drop it to the ground

                Put egg in mouth, hang bucket on J hook

                Climb down without breaking the egg

                Time stops when first foot hits the ground

 

ROPE SPLICE (Lineman Team) Mean time 6 minutes 30 seconds –By combing three of the team members and their talents, the object is to tie a splice in two pieces of rope and put eyes in both ends. This has to be done as quickly and efficiently as possible there are points taken away for not keeping the work area clean as well as improper spicing or eyes.

All three members participate

Time starts when all three members are in designated circle and signal the judge to start time.

Make a short splice, one eye splice with an inside length of at least 3” and one backlash using ½” rope

Splice will be tested following the team’s completion of event

Scoring for rope splicing is based on the quality of the splice and eyes

 

HURT MAN RESCUE (All Participants) Mean time 4 minutes – The lineman simulate the rescue of an injured worker off the pole. It is very important that the lineman do this promptly and efficiently because second scan make a difference if an accident occurs.

The time starts at whistle standing at a designated line an arm’s length from the pole. NOTE: The lineman’s belt and hooks will be lying on the ground beside them at the whistle. Rubber gloves will be inside the leather glove protector at the start of the event. Rubber gloves are required ground to ground.

                Dummy should be tied under arms with three half hitches

                Dummy should be moved smoothly to the ground

                Time is over when the dummy is on the ground and rope is slack

                Rope will be furnished for hand lines

                Two climbing Lineman’s scores are added together and averaged for the team score

                Looking at the pole from the cross side, the hurt man and hand line will be hung on the right side.

                The contestant will hang the hurt man dummy for the next participant            

 

 

3 MYSTERY EVENTS FOR LINEMAN

 

2 MYSTERY EVENTS FOR APPRENTICES

 

 

Judging Guidelines

 

The Lineman’s Rodeo Committee sets forth the judging guidelines as listed below. Each event will be worth a total of 100 points. There will be no discretionary points awarded. The team will be given a copy of the score sheet at the conclusion of each event. A committee utilizing a computer to check and tally will tabulate the total of all the scores and report the results.

 

The committee is including a registration form for volunteers interested in judging an event. If interested please fill out and return the enclosed registration form.

 

INFRACTIONS – 2 Point Deduction

1.        Lose hard Hat

2.        Not wearing safety glasses.

3.        No rubber on reach, fall or slip

4.        Dropping tools

5.        Burnouts

6.        Hot-dogging

7.        Hand line operation while individual is climbing

8.        Misuse of tools

9.        Misuse of rubber

10.     Wearing hardhat backwards

11.     Twisted hand line operation

12.     Injuries or cutes, which result in bleeding

 

GENERAL RULES – 5 Point Deduction

1.        Working inside legal clearances.

 

GENERAL RULES – 10 Point Deduction

1.        Accidental contact with phases

2.        Working opposite phases

3.        Not using hand line or bucket for sending materials up and down the poles

4.        Second man starts climbing before first man has belted off

5.        Not wearing rubber gloves while in primary area.

 

DISQUALIFICATION

1.        Unprofessional behavior

2.        Practicing on the rodeo field prior to the rodeo

3.        Intentional sabotage or tampering with materials, tools, or equipment on the rodeo field

4.        Judge is disqualified for judging a team from his own company. Team receives a zero for event

5.        Modifying rubber gloves in any way

5.        Doubling the mean time on any event ruslults in disqualification from that event.