OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517338
COMMUNICATION TOWER,TELECOM WORK,SAFETY BELT,SLIP,LANYARD,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
FALL FROM ANTENNA TOWER
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM AN ANTENNA TOWER, REPLACING THE ANTENNA'S ROTATOR A ND BOOSTER. HE WAS WEARING A SAFETY BELT, BUT HE UNHOOKED THE LANYARD TO MOVE TO A HIGHER POSITION ON THE TOWER. THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL 70 FEET TO HIS DEATH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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