Accident Report Detail

Accident: 82163.015 - Telecommunication Tower Worker Is Crushed

**Accident: 82163.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 10/21/2015**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1102842.015	10/22/2015		Hearsttelevision, Inc.

At 6:15 p.m. on October 21, 2015, a worker was inspecting a telecommunications t ower, which he accessed through the tower's elevator. The worker exited the elev ator and tied off to the tower for the inspection with no incident. However, af ter the worker completed his inspection, he boarded the elevator without unhooki ng his lanyard from the tower. As the elevator began to descend, the attached la nyard pulled the worker out of the elevator, resulting in him being crushed betw een the elevator and tower. The worker died as a result of injury to his head, n eck, and upper torso.

Keywords: caught between, caught by, communication tower, crushing, elevator

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1102842.015	64	M	Fatality		Not Applicable

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