Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200640936 - Employee killed in fall from telecommunications tower

Accident Summary Nr: 200640936 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 08/11/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301878534	08/12/1998	1623	0	Skyhawk Communications Corp

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were installing an antenna mount on top of a 300 ft telecommunications tower. While hammering on the antenna mount, Employee #1 fell off the tower and was killed. He had forgotten to attach his work belt to the structure. Both men were wearing the company's standard tree climber's belt and snap ring, and both men had been trained to use these work belts and to check them routinely during a job.

Keywords: COMMUNICATION TOWER, INSTALLING, TELECOM WORK, WORK RULES, SAFETY BELT, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TIE-OFF

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	300	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301878534			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 300 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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