Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 897892 - Employee killed in fall from communication tower

Accident Summary Nr: 897892 -- Report ID: 0355110 -- Event Date: 05/01/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307361584	05/10/2004	1629	237130	Data Cell Systems, Inc.

Abstract: On May 1, 2004, Employee #1, a cell tower construction worker, was taping radio frequency transmission cables to a cell tower to prevent the wind from knocking the cables against the tower and damaging them when he fell 235 ft to the ground. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Employee #1 was wearing a full body harness with double lanyards, but the lanyards were not connected. He also sustained high voltage electrical burns from an unknown source because there were no overhead power lines near the cell tower.

Keywords: BURN, COMMUNICATION TOWER, TELECOM WORK, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TIE-OFF, TOWER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		300	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307361584			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 235 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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