Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130523.015 - Employee is killed in fall inside communication tower

Accident Summary Nr: 130523.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 10/20/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1498491.015	10/20/2020		237130	Broadcast Construction Solutions, Llc

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on October 20, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a communication tower construction company, was inside a 1,500-foot tower and replacing the last of 18 guy wires. He was attempting to position the bridge socket to the end of the guy wire. The employee attached himself to the guy wire socket using a synthetic rope fed through the overhead block and back down to the guy wire. The guy wire slipped from the choker and pulled Employee #1 up the tower until the synthetic rope failed and severed. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of 100 feet. He struck communication tower structural members and sustained severe trauma to his head and throat. Employee #1 was killed. The subsequent investigation showed that the employee's body harness was on, but neither pelican clip showed lanyard deployment.

Keywords: Communication Tower, Construction, Elevator, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Inadequate Maint, Lanyard, Repair, Rigging, Rope, Steel, Storage Tank, Struck Against

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Alteration or rehabilitation				1500	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1498491.015	33	M	Fatality		Crane and tower operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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