Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201361409 - Employee Died in Fall from Telecommunications Tower

Accident Summary Nr: 201361409 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 01/12/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302399316	01/13/2001	1799	0	M C S Telecom, Inc.

Abstract: Three employees were erecting a cellular telephone tower. They had erected the tower to a height of 30.5 meters. One of the employees was wearing a full body harness, a body belt with a connector being used as a positioning device, and a lanyard. Both ends of the lanyard were secured to one D-ring on the back of the harness. Although he did not use any type of fall protection to ascend the tower, he was using a pelican snaphook as a positioning device. The snaphook had a defective keeper--the spring was missing and the keeper would remain in an open position. In addition, the snaphook was not of the locking type. The snaphook became disengaged from the tower structure, and the employee fell 30.5 meters to the ground. He died of injuries sustained in the fall.

Keywords: TELECOM WORK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TOWER, MECH MALFUNCTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000		340	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302399316			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 100 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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