Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201363231 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Cell Tower

Accident Summary Nr: 201363231 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 04/23/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311414478	04/23/2008	1731	238210	Overland Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: On April 23, 2008, Employee #1 was installing stacker blocks for coax cable within the interior of a cell tower between the 80 and 100 ft level of the tower. As he was working his way down, the crew leader who was at a higher elevation noticed that he was not placing the coax into the blocks. The crew leader shouted to him to come back up and install the coax into the blocks as he processes down. While Employee #1 climbed back up, the crew leader continued with his task. Several minutes passed by and all of a sudden the crew leader noticed the coax moving erratically, and look down and saw Employee #1 fall. The crew leader tried to grab onto the coax, but could not. Employee #1 was killed in the fall. From the investigation, Employee #1 may have been at the 100 ft level preparing to place the coax into the first block when he fell.

Keywords: INSTALLING, WIRE ROPE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TOWER

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		200	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311414478			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 100 feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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