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ing at the time, this commitment
ended up raising over $500,000
for Doernbecher’s Foundation
over the course of the next sever-
al years. Most of this was through
five successive homes Wallace
built in the Street of Dreams be-
tween 1998-2002. Darrel had a
real heart for the Foundation and
especially the work it and the
hospital were doing to improve
cancer treatment and care for
kids.
Hans Vatheuer
passed away
in January also
after suffering a
stroke. Hans was
a German immi-
grant whose fam-
ily immigrated to
Idaho in 1953 when Hans was just
a boy. After moving to Portland
when he was 20, Hans studied
engineering and started his own
business, Alpha Engineering. He
also became active in land de-
velopment and building, start-
ing the Aloha Land & Cattle Co.,
developing two Street of Dreams
sites and being actively engaged
behind the scenes in supporting
business-friendly candidates and
working on housing issues.
As with Darrel, Hans’ greatest
mark left on earth was in the tre-
mendous amount of charity work
he did. And although Hans set
up foundations and contributed
money to various causes, he did
not leave the hard work to others.
As a result of his own childhood
in farming and understanding
how hard but beneficial it could
be, Hans began work helping
poor subsistence farming Indeos
in Oaxaca, Mexico by getting to
know them, teaching them how
to develop their land for produc-
tion, giving them equipment and
tools, and helping them learn
how to grow more durable crops
for their climate. He eventually
realized his dream of building a
food processing plant in the val-
ley and also got sewing machines
for the women in the valley to
make their own clothes. His goal
was always to help make the peo-
ple more self-sufficient.
Hans also wanted to help
people back in his birth coun-
try. When the Berlin Wall came
down in 1989, Hans flew fresh
fruit and medical supplies to East
Germany, then renting a truck to
deliver it to people who had not
seen such things in a long time.
He also built a shelter for victims
of domestic violence and helped
outcast tea plantation farmers
in India. For Hans, contributions
to the industry, but more impor-
tantly, for his service to the needy
around the world, Hans was giv-
en HBA’s Lifetime Achievement
Award in 2011.
Both of these men made a liv-
ing in our industry. But they made
a life and left a mark by going be-
yond it, serving others and em-
powering those less fortunate to
have a better life themselves.
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members shared
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Continued from page 5
By David Davidson,
Safety Consultant, OHBA
Access:
Determine how work-
ers will get to elevated surfaces
to do their jobs. Will workers be
using portable ladders, support-
ed scaffolds, aerial lifts, or sus-
pension platforms to reach work
areas? Which ones will they use?
How and where will they use the
equipment?
Job-specific hazards
Identify jobs that could expose
workers to falls. Using job plans,
review the construction project.
Evaluate each phase from the
ground up. Ensure that all walk-
ing/working surfaces have the
strength to support workers and
their equipment.
Hazards on walking/working
surfaces
Identify walking/working sur-
faces that could expose workers
to falls. Examples are floors, roofs,
ramps, bridges, runways, form-
work, beams, columns, trusses,
and rebar.
The importance of planning
Planning is the first, and per-
haps the most important, step in
protecting workers from falls.
Before you begin a project,
think about hazards your employ-
ees will encounter and what you
can do to keep them safe. You’re
more likely to use fall-protection
methods that enhance the work
rather than interfere with it when
you identify fall hazards during
the planning stage.
With adequate planning and
the right equipment, a physical
means of protecting employees
from falls is usually possible. A
physical means of fall protection
will not let a worker fall or will
prevent the worker from hitting
the ground or a lower level if a
fall occurs.
Identify fall-protection
methods that will not let a
worker fall
Eliminating fall hazards and
preventing falls from happening
are the most effective fall-pro-
tection strategies. Ways to pre-
vent falls include covering holes
in walking/working surfaces and
using guardrails, perimeter safety
cables, and personal fall-restraint
systems at exposed edges.
Identify fall-protection meth-
ods that will control falls.
When it’s not possible to elimi-
nate a fall hazard or prevent a fall
from occurring, then control it.
Control falls with personal fall-ar-
rest systems, positioning-device
systems, and safety nets.
Determine whether
anchorages are necessary
If workers use personal fall-
arrest or restraint systems, they’ll
need secure anchorages for their
lifelines or lanyards.
Anchorages for personal fall-
arrest systems must be able to
support at least 5,000 pounds
per attached worker or be de-
signed by a qualified person and
have a safety factor of at least
two - twice the impact force of a
worker free-falling a maximum of
six feet.
Anchorages for personal fall-
restraint systems must be able to
support at least 3,000 pounds per
attached worker or be designed
by a qualified person and have
a safety factor of at least two -
twice the peak anticipated dy-
namic load.
Factors to consider in evaluating fall hazards
Spread The Word
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503-684-1880 or jessicam@hbapdx.org
REVERSE
TRADE SHOW
WHAT:
The spring Reverse Trade Show is a fun and fast-paced
way to “speed-date” 20 top prospects for your business. 20+
Builders and Remodelers will meet with 20+ Vendors, Sub-
contractors or Suppliers for face-to-face 3.5 minute sessions
to learn about products, services, or new offerings from our
members, then the whistle blows and you’re off to the next
person. Vendor category exclusivity guaranteed.
WHEN:
Wednesday, February 27
WHERE:
JMG Conference Center at the HBA
COST :
$350 for Vendors, FREE for Builders and Remodelers.
Category exclusivity guaranteed!