OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221452584
COASTAL TOWER SERVICE, LLC
GARRISON, TX·
Event description
Employee is killed in fall from cell tower
Investigation abstract
At 12:56 p.m. on November 17, 2021, Employees #1, #2 and #3, all Tower Technicians employed by a communication tower and equipment installation and maintenance company, were upgrading communication tower antennas at height. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of approximately 180 feet, striking the communication tower as he was falling, and landed on the ground. Emergency medical services arrived and pronounced Employee #1 dead at the jobsite due to injuries sustained from the fall.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 0
- Fall distance
- 180
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