Inspection Detail

Inspection: 303646590 - S & K Structural Services, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Oklahoma City Area Office

Inspection Nr: 303646590

Report ID: 0627700

Date Opened: 10/18/2001

Site Address:
S & K Structural Services, Inc.
4020 Tull Avenue
Muskogee, OK 74403

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2609, Muskogee, OK 74402

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1623

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/19/2001

Emphasis: L:Fall, S:Construction Fatalities

Case Closed: 10/19/2001

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	100642354

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200642114

Event: 10/17/2001

Employee is killed in fall from communications tower

At 2:50 p.m. on October 17, 2001, Employee #1, a member of a communications tower construction crew, was at the 400 ft level of a 1,800-ft-high TV tower, working on the installation of a coax TV cable. A gust of wind blew the cover off a metal repeater enclosure at the 600 ft level, and the cover sailed off the tower. A nearby coworker yelled a warning and Employee #1 unhooked his safety line to try to get out of the way of the falling part. The metal cover struck Employee #1 and he was knocked off the tower. He fell 350 ft before landing on a platform attached to the tower. Employee #1 was killed. The crew had started work two days earlier. On the day before the accident, County sheriff personnel had climbed the tower to the 600 ft level to remove faulty repeater communications equipment from the metal cabinet enclosure.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, COMMUNICATION TOWER, TELECOM WORK, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303646590			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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