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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14262208

COMMUNICATION TOWER,COLLAPSE,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,GUY,FALL,TOWER,UNSTABLE POSITION

Event
COMMUNICATION TOWER,COLLAPSE,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,GUY,FALL,TOWER,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14262208
Report ID
452110

Event description

EMPLOYEE ON RADIO TOWER KILLED WHEN TOWER FELL OVER

Investigation abstract

THE EMPLOYEES WERE ERECTING THE FIRST FIFTY FOOT SECTION OF A THREE HUNDRED FOOT , 2-WAY RADIO TOWER (ANTENNA). THE SECTION WAS STABLIZED IN A VERTICAL POSITION BY THREE TEMPORARY GUY WIRES. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE TOWER FELL. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS SECURED TO THE TOWER SECTION BY A SAFETY BELT, WAS CARRIED TO HIS DEATH WITH THE FALLING TOWER. HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE INJURIES. THE TOWER MATERIAL WAS MA DE BY UNR-ROHN (DIVISION OF UNR, INC.), MID-WEST DIVISION, PEORIA,ILLINOIS.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 23 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    575
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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