Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200926541 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Cell Phone Tower

Accident Summary Nr: 200926541 -- Report ID: 0355116 -- Event Date: 08/07/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317153385	08/08/2013	1731	238210	Summit Tower Construction Llc

Abstract: On August 7, 2013, an employee and three coworkers were installing new 4G network equipment on a 191 foot high monopole cell phone tower. Two coworkers were working on the ground testing fiber optics while the employee and another coworker had already climbed to the top of the tower and were working. The employee was climbing the cell tower and was at approximately the 160 foot elevation, when he fell to the ground level. The employee was killed. The employee was wearing fall protection equipment with a wire rope grab device and a vertical lifeline cable was present; however, the grab did not stop his fall. It is unclear whether there was an equipment failure or if the equipment was being used incorrectly.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TOWER, COMMUNICATION WORKER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	160	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	317153385			Fatality	Fracture	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 160 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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