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Keeping your rigging inventory stocked and updated can be a daunting task, considering the variety of equipment needed, the countless channels to purchase through, and the actual purchasing process. What if there was a way to browse and order the rigging products that you need, all in one place, that is easy and stress-free?
CM’s Safety Webinars are “must-see” sessions that cover important rigging topics suitable for any level of expertise. The information these webinars cover is presented by industry professionals and some of CM’s most knowledgeable experts.
On October 9, CM is hosting a safety webinar titled “10 Frequently Asked Questions During Our CM-ET Motor Schools.” Proper education on the safe use and handling of chain hoists is critical for the future of our industry. This webinar is appropriate for any entertainment professional; especially those interested in attending a motor school themselves. Scroll down for the webinar description from CM, and click here if you’d like to register.
Over the past 30 years, our company has spent countless hours servicing, selling, and learning CM chain hoists inside and out. Mountain Productions’ rigging department has stocked huge quantities of CM motors for our clients, as well as ourselves. We practice what we preach, and we’ve used CM Lodestars and Prostars on thousands of jobs. These are the hoists that lift our roofs.
Our crew relies on the power and reliability of CM’s legendary hoist, and we’ve collected a handful of photos showcasing our star of the show, the CM Lodestar. Take a look below at the Lodestar in action on our job sites.
The Limpet® is a unique piece of technology that dubs itself the world’s first entertainment specific, multi-functional height safety system. It combines practical features that improve a worker’s experience when climbing, regarding efficiency and safety. These units have the ability to streamline climbing and can make jobs run smoother and faster (a definite PLUS on any jobsite). We work in an industry that demands hard work, consistent performance, and high attention to safety. The Limpet® delivers on each of these factors.
Mountain Productions’ resident fall protection and rigging specialist, Jeff Sivick, is trained on the proper installation and usage of The Limpet®, and has years of hands-on industry experience working as a job supervisor.
We love hearing back from our clients on how their projects played out. This input is the feedback we use to make sure our services, products, and management are above the standards we live by. Mountain Productions rigging specialist and salesman, Jeff Sivick, recently worked with Chris Robb from the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC on providing new motors for the club’s truss grid. For this application, Chris chose to run with CM’s newest hoist model, the 2-Ton, Single-Reeved Lodestar as the hoists that would lift his grid. (Read our exclusive article with CM’s own technical experts on the 2-Ton, Single-Reeved Lodestar here)
After installation, Chris had this great feedback on his new motors:
The CM Lodestar® is one of the most renowned hoists in the entertainment industry, but do you know why it’s called the “Lodestar”?
In response to this question, CM replied on their blog with the explanation of the iconic name “Lodestar”:
Our entertainment trainer, Dave Carmack, travels the world to teach and share important information about entertainment rigging and hoisting safety. At the end of his classes, he likes to stump his students with this question: “Can you tell me why we spell our hoist, LODESTAR, instead of LOADSTAR?”
We’re proud to have been involved in many of the premier music festivals, concerts, and events of 2015. Our passion is entertainment production, and we’re grateful to have such cutting-edge clients that allow us to evolve our own services. As the summer season approaches its end, here is a quick photo recap, highlight a handful of the events we helped stage in the past few months.
AC On The Beach
Photo Credit: Vernon Ogrodnek, Press of Atlantic City
50,000+ people hit the beaches at Atlantic City to see Maroon 5. AC On The Beach proves that visitors can have fun in AC without gambling.
Located just a little over an hour away from Mountain Productions’ premises, Musikfest is one of the largest and most diverse music festivals in the nation. Their website states there are “…500-plus shows on 14 stages over 10 days”. The festival draws more than 900,000 people to its picturesque setting by the historic Bethlehem Steel Stacks. This is one of the most unique locations to watch a concert in the nation, as the Steel Stacks stand tall in the festival grounds, reminding us all of the industrial and cultural impact that Bethlehem Steel had on industrial manufacturing. (Fun fact: Bethlehem Steel was America’s second-largest steel producer and its largest shipbuilder!)
Our July Fall Protection & Safety promotion is wrapping up in the upcoming weeks and we wanted to share an interesting glimpse into the time before fall protection equipment was put into use. The Empire State Building is an iconic feat of architecture, standing 102 stories tall (holding the title of world’s tallest building for 40 years!). Did you ever see pictures of how it was built?
Image Credit: BETTMANN/CORBIS
The following article presents amazing curated images of the fearless workers who built the Empire State Building in 1930s—without fall protection. Occupational safety and personal fall protection equipment has come a long way.
It takes a trained eye to properly inspect fall protection. A working knowledge of the product, its purpose, and its components is crucial to make sure that nothing is missed. Harnesses, for example, have a good amount of hardware that all needs to be inspected, as well as every strap and connection point.
Here is a series of videos from Capital Safety that explain the steps to take when inspecting 3 common fall protection products in our industry: harnesses, lanyards, and self-retracting lifelines (SRLs).