Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14262208 - EMPLOYEE ON RADIO TOWER KILLED WHEN TOWER FELL OVER

Accident Summary Nr: 14262208 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 08/11/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14801955	08/14/1984	1623	0	Tony Nelson Warren

Abstract: THE EMPLOYEES WERE ERECTING THE FIRST FIFTY FOOT SECTION OF A THREE HUNDRED FOOT, 2-WAY RADIO TOWER (ANTENNA). THE SECTION WAS STABLIZED IN A VERTICAL POSITION BY THREE TEMPORARY GUY WIRES. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE TOWER FELL. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS SECURED TO THE TOWER SECTION BY A SAFETY BELT, WAS CARRIED TO HIS DEATH WITH THE FALLING TOWER. HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE INJURIES. THE TOWER MATERIAL WAS MADE BY UNR-ROHN (DIVISION OF UNR, INC.), MID-WEST DIVISION, PEORIA,ILLINOIS.

Keywords: COMMUNICATION TOWER, COLLAPSE, SAFETY BELT, CONSTRUCTION, GUY, FALL, TOWER, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14801955			Fatality	Fracture	Electricians

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