Hispanic Tower Erector Falls to Death from Television Tower

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• Corporate Authors:
  Nebraska Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Nebraska FACE) ; Nebraska. Department of Labor ; Nebraska Workforce Development
• Description:
  A 22-year-old Hispanic male tower technician fell 1200 feet to his death from a 1500 foot high television transmission tower. The victim was part of a five person maintenance crew reinforcing the tower after installation of a high-definition television antenna. While changing positions, the victim, who was using a positioning system but not an independent fall protection system, slipped and fell. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The Nebraska Workforce Development, Department of Labor's Investigator concluded that to help prevent future similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Ensure employees are tied off 100% of the time. 2. Ensure employees wear appropriate work clothing at all times. 3. Ensure personal protective equipment (PPE) is suitable for the task being performed and maintained in a safe condition. 4. Retrain those employees that have not retained the requisite understanding and/or skills necessary to protect themselves and others during climbing operations.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Maintenance
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  • Safety Management
  • Staff Development
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 7
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Work-operations
  • Work-analysis
  • Work-areas
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Hispanic - Construction
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE03NE019
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  10 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027955
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2006-112824
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 03NE019, 2005 Jan ; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Nebraska Department of Labor
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1993/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Resource Number:
  FACE-03NE019
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166968/cdc_166968_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 324.38 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6197ab82c433f272c00337212a4701c750b7821dbb42832b3411a5bbc3ad327690fb0cde4d0e1a33b319d7ce6b1de49a95487cc58a90bfb2045f0089570eb918