Two Tower Climbers Fatally Injured When a Cellular Tower Collapsed While Performing Tower Upgrades – .

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• Personal Author:
  Moore, Melanie L. ; Romano, Nancy T.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
• Description:
  On February 1, 2014, at approximately 11:37 am, two tower climbers were fatally injured when a 340-foot, Rohn 80 series cellular tower collapsed during upgrading/construction activities. Four employees were working on the tower removing diagonal tower supports and no temporary supports were installed. As a result, the tower collapsed and two employees were killed and two others were injured.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Communications Media Construction Industry Construction Materials Engineering Hazardous Substances Mortality Occupational Health Safety Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Communications Equipment Communications Industry Construction Equipment Construction Industry Construction Materials Engineering Controls Fatalities Hazard Recognition Injuries Injury Prevention OSHA Region 3 Structural Analysis Structural Engineering Structural Failure Surveillance Training Traumatic Injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Falls
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE201502
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Interagency Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  West Virginia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  13 pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056551
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2019-101223
• Citation:
  Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2014/02/01
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0ea470044f7d630641cb9b72da8e91008f51c681a968878e0e1c3a4dcc4a70d4299e4a936a0f40f64719f73ce9adb444ffdc5e9f678d72cddcfe0fe12701cb29
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167245/cdc_167245_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.24 MB ]