2010 Fatalities From Falling From A Structure: 7
Date Location Age
HomeTown Tower
Height Work
Height Tower
Type Description 8/21/10
Details Wyanett Township, MN 40 Braham, MN 40' Guyed Aerial lift tipped over while tower tech was on it boomed out to the 40' elevation. 7/22/10
Details Anniston, AL 41 Albertville, AL 200' 40' Guyed Truck clipped guy wire and toppled the tower 7/22/10
Details Anniston, AL 37 Albertville, AL 200' 40' Guyed Truck clipped guy wire and toppled the tower 6/24/10
Details Philadelphia, PA 32 Deptford, NJ Building 120'
Fell over the side of the building 5/28/10
Details Mountain Home, AR 18 Ava, MO 250' 200' Self Supporter Was preparing to complete work for the day when he fell. 5/4/10
Details Dixie County, FL 36 Hawthorne, FL 400' 240' Guyed Details not provided by authorities or OSHA. 2/3/10
Details Benton, AR 51 Lucedale,
MS 250' 100' Self
Supporter Was in the process of dismantling the
structure.
*2009 Fatalities From Falling From A Structure: 5
Date Location Age
HomeTown Tower
Height Work
Height Tower
Type Description 12/14/09
Details Town of Dix,
NY 46 Clyde, NY 396' 60' Guyed Tower collapsed during maintenance. Company:
Demand Communications, Inc
Details (Not released as of 1/12/10) Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
OSHA has not released their report as of 1/12/10. 9/14/09
Details Thomasville,
MO. 26 Wagoner,
OK 325' 325' Guyed Was reportedly transitioning, but was not tied
off. Company:
S&S Communication Specialists Inc.
Details (Closed 11/30/09) Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
Duty to have fall protection: $1,500
Fall protection systems criteria and practices: $1,500
TOTAL: $3,000 7/18/09
Details
DeKalb, TX 28 Crowley,
TX 337' 100' Guyed Was snapping in transmission lines. Had PPE
on. Metro PCS install, AT&T tower.
Company:
Lariat Communications
Details (Open as of 1/12/10) Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
Duty to have fall protection: $1,500
Informal settlement: $1,000 6/3/09
Details
Leland, MS 28 Alexander,
AR 250' 217' Self
Supporter Tech was preparing for arrival of transmission
lines when he fell. Lanyard was still on the
tower indicating possible equipment failure.
T-Mobile Project Company:
Diamond K Tower Company, Inc.
Details (Closed 8/5/09) Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
NONE 3/17/09
Details Lake Worth,
FL 36 Lake Wales,
FL 120' 115' Monopine Tech had been working on the tower for three hours when he fell. T-Mobile Project Company:
Andrew Systems, Inc.
Details (Open as of 1/12/10) Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
Safety training and education: $4,900
Safety Nets: $4,900
Cranes and derricks: $3,500
Cranes and derricks: $3,500
TOTAL: $16,800 *A fatality of a 57-year-old Michigan was during a hamfest event. Although the man had previously installed ham towers and antennas, it was not his profession. For the past 14 years he was an IT manager at a local university. His death is not considered to be as a result of work within the defined commercial industry.
*A fatality of a 59-year-old West Palm Beach International Airport worker who fell from a decommissioned radar tower on May 30, 2009 is not listed because he was not a communications worker that regularly climbed towers.
*A fatality of a 44-year-old Tyler, TX man on April 16, 2009 is not listed because he was not employed as an experienced tower worker and should not have been taking down a tower on his property. His primary occupation was incomputer repair.
*2008 Fatalities From Falling From A Structure - 12
Date Location Age
HomeTown Tower
Height Work
Height Tower
Type Description 11/18/08
Details Corona de Tucson, AZ 22 Tucson, AZ
65 Self Support
Company:
Wallen Communications Llc
Details (Closed 2/4/09)
Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
NONE
10/23/08
Details
Ellensburg,
WA 24 Wanatchee, WA
Guyed Fell through a skylight Company:
Cascade 1 Internet Service
Details not available through OSHA Search
Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
Details not available through OSHA Search
9/12/08
Details
Port Angeles,
WA 33 Bonney Lake, WA
Fell off an elevator shaft tower mount
structure Company:
Emerald Wireless Communication
Details (Closed 2/24/09)
Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
Fall Restraint and Fall Arrest System Requirements: $450
Nonionizing Radiation Exposure Control Rules: $150 7/20/08
Details
Petersburg,
ND 38 Mandan, ND 1,400 100 Guyed Was working alone painting when he fell. Company:
Allstate Tower Service
Details(Closed 6/5/09) Violation Item(s) and Penalty: General Requirements: $1,500
General Requirements: $1,500
Duty to Have Fall Protection: $1,500
Fall protection systems criteria and practices: $1,500
Fall protection systems criteria and practices: $1,500
Ladders: $1,500
TOTAL: $9,000 7/18/08
Details
Vineland,
NJ 55 Franklinville, NJ
60
Company:
Paramount Advanced Wireless Llc
Details(Open as of 1/12/09) Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
Safety nets: $7,000
Bloodborne pathogens: $750
Bloodborne pathogens: $750 5/22/08
Details Miami, FL
Guyed,
Broadcast
Company:
Structural Systems Technology, Inc
Details Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
Duty to Have Fall Protection: $4,900
Fall protection systems criteria and practices: $0 5/16/08
Details Haubstadt,
IN 25 AL 200 140 Monopole May have been rappelling down a load
line Company:
Phoenix of Tennesse
DBA All Around Tower
Details (Closed 10/31/08) Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
Safety belts, lifelines, and lanyards: $2,500
Safety belts, lifelines, and lanyards: $2,500
Safety nets: $2,500
Rigging equipment for material handling: $2,500
TOTAL: $10,000
Settlement agreement: $2,500 with top three violations deleted 4/23/08
Details Natchez,
MS 31 Griffin, GA
100
Fell while working on gate booms Company:
Overland Contracting
Details (Closed 8/18/2008) Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
NONE 4/18/08
Details Frisco, NC 46 Chesapeake, VA
Company:
Brook Hill Communications Inc.
Details (Open as of 1/12/09) Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
Hazard identification and assessment: $700
Fall protection, General: $700
Pre climb planning and inspection: $700
Pre climb planning and inspection: $700
Emergency and rescue procedures: $700
Protection from Radiation Exposure: $700
TOTAL: $4,200 4/14/08
Details Moorcroft,
WY
Company
Cornerstone Tower Service, Inc.
Details (Closed 10/31/08) Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
Telecommunications: $2,500
Telecommunications: $2,500
TOTAL: $5,000 4/14/08
Details San Antonio,
TX 38
Company:
Ransor, Inc.
Details (Closed 4/16/08) Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
OSHA closed its investigation after two days, and no citations or penalties were assessed. It is not known whether the deceased was considered a public sector employee, and therefore federal OSHA didn't have authority to investigate his work-related death. CPS Energy, a utility owned by the city of San Antonio, hired Ransor, Inc. to perform work on their tower. 4/12/08
Details Wake Forest,
NC 34 Midwest City, OK 150 150 Monopole Fell while reportedly rigging tower
Company:
MJM Group
Details (Closed 2/26/09) Violation Item(s) and Penalty:
Pre climb planning and inspection: $2,100
Fall Protection, General $2,100
TOTAL: $4,200
Settlement agreement: No fee assessed for Pre climb planning and inspection violation. *In order to maintain separation between the telecommunications and wind power industries, wind turbine and meteorological structure deaths are not included. On November 9, 2008, a worker fell less than 8-feet when a meteorological mount on the ground fell over and crushed the wind energy technician to death. *2007 Fatalities From A Falling From Structure - 10 Date Location
Age
HomeTown Tower
Height Work
Height Tower
Type Description 12/5/07
Details
Bridgewater, NJ 45 Stanhope, NJ
80' High Tension Transmission Line Tower Safety equipment was being worn, but it is not known if he was properly attached 9/24/07
Details East Deer Twp., PA 51 Triadelphia, WV 100' 100' Self Support Was working alone while dismantling the tower 7/28/07
Details Centerville, LA 29 Tomball, TX 400' 400' Guyed Safety equipment was being worn, but it is not known if he was properly attached 7/10/07
Details Edura, KS 54 Kansas City, MO 1,000' 500' Guyed Trolleying along a guy wire when a cable broke 7/10/07
Details Edura, KS 33 Independence,
MO 1000' 500' Guyed Trolleying along a guy wire when a cable broke 6/30/07
Details Summerville, SC 40 Rex, SC
177' Monopole Coroner said he had safety equipment, but was not tied off. 6/28/07
Details Bluffton, SC 30 Woodstock, GA 480' 150' Guyed Co-worker said he was taping up a cut on his finger when he fell 6/7/07
Details Mandarin,
FL 21 Mount Vernon, IN 150' 100' Monopole Was rigging the tower for a retrofitting project when he fell 3/16/07
Details Shreveport, LA 72 Gilmer, TX 150' 150' Guyed Was talking on his radio to men inside building when he fell. 2/7/07
Details
Golden Meadows, LA 29 Nocona, TX 330' 125' Self Support Was not using fall protection equipment, was possibly using positioning lanyard when he fell *In order to maintain separation between the telecommunications and wind power industries, wind turbine and meteorological structure deaths are not included. On August 25, 2007, a worker died when a 242-foot-tall wind tower snapped in half while he was working on top of the structure in Wasco, OR.
2006 Fatalities From Falling From A Structure - 18
Date Location Age
HomeTown Tower
Height Work
Height Tower
Type Description 10/02/06
Details Westland, MI 23 Higgins Lake, MI Unknown Unknown Monopole Tied off to antenna pipe on T-arm when it inverted and climber fell 9/17/06
Details Pensacola, FL
Toccoa, GA Unknown 100' Pedisphere
Water Tower
Fell inside the shaft of the water tower 6/25/06
Details Bonifay, FL 30 Evansville, IN Unknown 500 Guyed Fell while riding a line. 5/31/06
Details Oakland, IA 57 Norwalk,
IA 1,450 1,100 Guyed May have been riding the line when it failed. 5/31/06
Details Oakland, IA 27 Des Moines, IA 1,450 1,100 Guyed May have been riding the line when it failed. 5/31/06
Details Oakland, IA 19 Cumming, IA 1,450 1,100 Guyed May have been riding the line when it failed. 5/25/06
Details Vicksburg, MS 48 Dale, IN 90' on top of building 50' Roof mounted tower Fell while painting the structure 5/5/06
Details
Ebensburg, PA 25 Lebanon, PA 175' 90' Self Supporting Tower Fell as he was accessing tower. Unknown if he was tied off. 5/2/06
Details Des Moines, IA 51 Des Moines, IA Unknown Unknown Pedisphere Water
Tower Fell 40' into an access tube and hit a landing 5/2/06
Details Central City,
KY
23 KN Unknown 380' Guyed Unknown 4/10/06
Details The Woodlands, TX 51 Horn Lake, MS 185' Unknown Monopole Had safety equipment on, but it is unknown if he was tied off. Monopole reportedly had a safety climb device, but it was not known if decedent was attached to it. A toxicology report revealed 0.19 mega-grams per liter of benzoylecgonine, a cocaine metabolite, in his system. 4/6/06
Details Milan, TN 39 Walnut Ridge, AR Unknown 40' Unknown Was only climber on tower. Two other techs had climbed down shortly before he fell. 3/27/06
Details Martinsville, VA 60 Long Island, VA 403' 30' Self Supporting Riding the line when cable snapped. 3/14/06
Details Gladstone, KS 28 Knoxville, IA 300' 150' S/S Safety equipment was being worn 2/21/06
Details Veedersburg, IN 31 Ridge Farm, IL 150' 150' Unknown Unknown 2/9/06
Details Thomasville, NC 50 TN Unknown 20' Unknown Fell while climbing down after repairing obstruction lighting 1/21/06
Details Hollister, MO 21 Lawson, OK 120' 90' Guyed Excavation equipment cut guy wire, collapsing tower. 1/19/06
Details La Guna Vista, TX 33 San Angelo, TX Unknown Unknown Unknown Tower fell while being dismantled. High winds may have been a contributing factor.
2005 Fatalities From Falling From A Structure - 7
Date Location Age
HomeTown Tower
Height Work
Height Tower
Type Description 8/3/05
Details Poplar Bluff, MO 37 Alton, IL Unknown 80' Guyed Fell while erecting the tower. Reportedly was transitioning. Possible safety equipment failure. 7/27/05
Details Apache Junction, AZ 46 CA Unknown 90' Monopole Reportedly fell while climbing down the poll without being attached to a safety line 6/06/05
Details Lincoln, IL 43 Glendale, AZ 140' 120' Self Support Fell while disassembling the 240' structure. 5/16/05
Details
New Boston, NH
55
Peyton, CO
400'
100'
Guyed
Workers say his safety equipment failed
4/26/05
Details Watonga, OK
27 Fort Gibson, OK 240' 50' Unknown Fell while climbing 2/25/05
Details Yuma, CO 35 Wray,CO
180' 180' Unknown Fell while doing antenna changeout 2/25/05
Details Wilson County, NC 24 Roxboro, NC 160' 150' Self Support
Cell Tower
Reports state that erector was only tied off to an unsecured antenna mount when it broke lose. 2004 Fatalities From Falling From A Structure - 10 Date Location Age Home Town Tower
Height Work
Height Tower
Type Description 12/20/04 Mayes County, OK 47 San Marcos TX Unknown 335' Guyed Unknown 11/28/04 Maricao, PR 30 TX Unknown 150' Guyed Unknown 11/23/04 Gonzalez, FL 21 Pensacola, FL Unknown 290' Guyed Transitioning without being tied off 11/4/04 Shirley, AR 43 Unknown Unknown 75' Unknown Unknown 6/26/04 St. Ignace
Township, MI 33 Newaygo, MI Unknown 180' Unknown Tower Type No details available 5/25/04 Utica, MI -- Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Faulty anchor point on tower 5/15/04 Duffield, VA 23 Unknown Unknown 230' Unknown Tower Type Fell while attaching lighting power cable 4/27/04 Stone Mt.,
GA 36 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Fell while dismantling tower 2/9/04 Alpharetta, GA
29 Unknown Unknown 230' Self Support
Cell No details
available 1/22/04 Ft. Wayne,
IN 24 Unknown Unknown 70' Unknown No details available
2003 Fatalities From A Falling From Structure - 13
Date Location Age HomeTown Tower
Height Work
Height Tower
Type Description 1/27/03 Syossett, NY 33 Hampton
Bays, NY 80' 70' Monopole
Cell Employee heard clink of metal and heavy zipping sound before he fell 2/18/03 Orlando, FL 23 Anna-Maria,
FL 160' 160' Monopole
Cell Unhooked safety and fell while transitioning 4/4/03 Blackstone, MA 41 Fremont, IN 250' 100' Self Support
Microwave/Cell Two employees on the ground did not witness why he fell. 5/13/03 West Lake Hills,
TX 35 Longview, TX 1200' 600' Guyed
Broadcast Fell after replacing a microwave antenna 6/16/03 Goehner, NE 22 West Monroe,
LA 1500' 1200' Guyed
Broadcast While doing HDTV reinforcing, he was attached to tower moments before he fell. Faulty safety equipment may have been involved. 7/15/03 Greene, PA 26 Paducah, KY 750' 400' Guyed
Broadcast Fell while repairing antenna 9/3/03 Rio Piedras, PR -- Unknown Unknown 90' Unknown Unknown 9/4/03 Huntsville, AL 27 Robstown, TX 990' 700' Guyed
Broadcast Tower collapsed during HDTV reinforcement work 9/4/03 Huntsville, AL 35 Tucson, AZ 990' 700' Guyed
Broadcast Tower collapsed during HDTV reinforcement work 9/4/03 Huntsville, AL 35 Hollywood, FL 990' 700' Guyed
Broadcast Tower collapsed during HDTV reinforcement work 10/23/03 Leominster, MA 24 Yellville, AR 170' 190' Monopole
Cell Working on antenna install, not tied off 11/14/03 Asheboro, NC 19 Concord, NC 250' 140' Self Support
Cell Wearing Harness when tower fatality occurred 12/20/03 Prattville, AL 38 Theodore, AL Unknown 150' Unknown Tower Type Wearing harness with lanyard when tower death occurred
he was actually pretty accurate with his statement.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/fishing/
its not the overwhelming number that die, but rather the number that die compared to number doing the job. 15 fishermen die doesnt sound that high, but when you only have like 400 guys doing it, thats like 4 percent, you might have 100 drivers die, but thousands are doing it.
Fishermen die because they either drown in a storm, or go overboard and freeze in Alaska, Sweden, etc... They also use heavy machinery that is all wet for commercial fishing.. (cages, metal things that pull, rigs, etc)... U can imagine one coming onsnapped and killing someone.
Commercial pilots for small companies have very high crash rates. While commercial air and major private air is very safe, fly by night operations are not (sightseeing planes, etc)
Commercial pilots for small companies have very high crash rates. While commercial air and major private air is very safe, fly by night operations are not (sightseeing planes, etc)
