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Accident Summary Nr: 14490163 - EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN TV TOWER UNDER CONSTRUCTION FELL OVER

Accident Summary Nr: 14490163 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 06/21/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100207976	11/20/1986	1742	0	A & D Installation Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 PM ON JUNE 21, 1986, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ERECTING AN 80 FOOT HIGH TV CABLE TOWER FOR THE KEUKA CABLEVISION COMPANY. THE SITE WAS ON BALDWIN ROAD IN RUSHVILLE, NEW YORK. THEY ASSEMBLED 20 FEET OF THE TOWER ON THE GROUND, THEN MOUNTED IT ON THE CONCRETE PAD. THEY THEN CLIMBED UP THE TOWER AND MOUNTED TWO MORE 10 FOOT SECTIONS OF THE TOWER, USING A GIN POLE TO RAISE THE SECTIONS. AT THE 40 FOOT LEVEL THE TOWER BROKE LOOSE FROM THE CONCRETE PAD AND FELL OVER, TAKING EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WITH IT. EMPLOYEE #1 SUSTAINED MULTIPLE FRACTURES. EMPLOYEE #2 SUFFERED MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF THE SKULL. THE TOWER WAS NOT GUYED AND COULDN'T SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE TWO EMPLOYEES.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COMMUNICATION TOWER, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SKULL, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100207976			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	100207976			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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