Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118801.015 - Employee sustains multiple fractures in fall from cell tower

Accident Summary Nr: 118801.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 08/06/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1422005.015	08/07/2019		237130	Sitesol

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on August 6, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a cell tower construction and maintenance contractor, was conducting a pre-construction assessment for maintenance work on a 45-foot cell tower. While standing on the mezzanine level near the access hatch, the employee used his cell phone to take photos of the cell tower's safety climb and other structural components. He was wearing a personal fall protection harness, but he did not connect his lanyard to an anchor. Additionally, he did not close the mezzanine access hatch. He stepped through the hatch opening and fell approximately 30 feet from the cell tower mezzanine onto the gravel below. The employee was transported to the hospital and was admitted for treatment of multiple injuries, including facial fractures, a right leg compound tibia/fibula fracture, and multiple spinal fractures.

Keywords: Access/Egress, Back, Blunt force trauma, Compound Fracture, Construction, Face, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Opening, Hatch, Inspecting, Leg, Maintenance, Spine, Surveyor, Telecom Work, Transmission Tower, Vertebra, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair				45

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1422005.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Telecomm: Equipment Install/Repair, Not Line Installer	Distance of Fall: 30 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Surveying Fatality Cause:

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