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Accident: 202338265 - Employee Killed In Fall From Tower

**Accident: 202338265 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 02/18/2003**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
306335134	02/19/2003	1799	Goff Communications, Inc.

On February 18, 2003, Employee #1 and other employees were installing sleeve covers over the antennas on a telecommunications tower. Company policy required that during the progress of work employees use fall protection when working at a height of over 6-ft. Employee #1 unhooked his lanyard and inadvertently slipped and fell off the tower 120 ft to the ground. He was killed.

Keywords: fracture, cover, telecom work, construction, lanyard, fall, fall protection, antenna, tower

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000		130	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	306335134			Fatality	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.	FallDist: FallHt:120 Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite FatCause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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