OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221743297

RB TELECOM SERVICES LLC

COTTON VALLEY, LA— 2025-02-17T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing, Climbing on Ladder, E TC (telecom work), Fall, Slip, Telecom Work, Tower, Unconsciousness, Unresponsive
NAICS: 517919
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #348046806
Employer profile: RB TELECOM SERVICES LLC
Summary number: 221743297
Report ID: 0625700

Event description

Employee is fatally injured during tower climb

Investigation abstract

At 6:30 a.m. on February 17, 2025, Employee #1 was ascending a communication tower to assist with the installation of a new telephone communication dish. While climbing, the employee lost footing and fell. Employee #1 sustained fatal injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7055

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.