Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200000578 - Employee killed in fall with section of communication tower

Accident Summary Nr: 200000578 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 10/14/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302243282	10/15/1998	1623	0	Total Communications Service

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing additional sections to a communications tower when a sheave cable separated. Employee #1 and the tower section fell 260 ft to the ground. He was killed.

Keywords: COMMUNICATION TOWER, INSTALLING, HOISTING MECHANISM, TELECOM WORK, WORK RULES, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000		260	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302243282			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 260 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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