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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221452584

COASTAL TOWER SERVICE, LLC

Event
Antenna, Communication Tower, Communication Worker, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Tower
NAICS
237130
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345887616
Employer profile
COASTAL TOWER SERVICE, LLC
Summary number
221452584
Report ID
0626600
Project type
C
Construction end-use
H

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

  1. #1 Fatality Age 53 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    0
    Fall distance
    180

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