Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14435150 - Employee killed in fall from tower

Accident Summary Nr: 14435150 -- Report ID: 0931500 -- Event Date: 05/09/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107039026	05/11/1988	3669	0	Technology For Communications International

Abstract: Employee #1 climbed up a 400 ft tower in a boatswains chair to rig a bicycle on a catenary line so he could work between two towers that were 250 ft apart. The line to the bicycle was to be brought back down for the chair using the original hoisting line. Employee #1 evidently changed the chair to the unsecured line that he had just rigged and got on. He fell from the tower and was killed.

Keywords: BOSUN CHAIR, UNSECURED, SAFETY BELT, FALL, TOWER, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107039026			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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