Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200881688 - Employee Is Killed in Tower Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 200881688 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 12/14/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312372824	12/15/2009	1799	238990	Demand Communications, Inc.

Abstract: On December 14, 2009, Employee #1, working as part of a tower crew, was replacing 21 guy wires, three each at seven different elevations, on a 360 ft radio antenna. They dropped the lowest set of guy wires from an elevation of approximately 50 ft. Employee #1 was at the 50 ft level and started attaching the newly fabricated guy wires. The tower buckled and collapsed and Employee #1, who was attached to the tower, was struck and crushed by falling tower pieces. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, CRUSHED, FALL PROTECTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		360	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312372824			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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