Tower Erector Dies After Falling 200 feet From Telecommunication Tower-North Carolina

doi:10.26616/NIOSHFACE9820

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Tower Erector Dies After Falling 200 feet From Telecommunication Tower-North Carolina

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
Description:

A 23-year-old male tower erector (the victim) died after falling 200 feet from a telecommunication tower while attached to an 80-foot section of cable tray. The victim was a member of a 9-man crew that was erecting a 240-foot-high, 3-sided telecommunication tower. The crew bolted a 140-foot section of the tower together on the ground. This section was then set in place by a crane. The men then erected the final 100-foot section on the ground, and 3 tower erectors climbed the 140-foot section. The final section was set in place by the crane and the men bolted the two sections together. The crane then lifted an 80-foot section of cable tray to the top of each side of the tower. As each section was lifted into place, an erector began to attach it to the tower using four 'J' bolts every 10 feet. NIOSH investigators concluded that, to prevent similar occurrences, employers should: train and instruct workers to evaluate anchor points before attaching fall arresting equipment; maintain 100% fall protection while on towers; develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive written safety program; continually stress the importance of adhering to standard work procedures.
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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-prevention Construction-Search Construction-workers OSHA Region 4 Safety-equipment Safety-measures Traumatic-injuries
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Falls - Construction - Commercial (0020)

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Falls - Construction - Commercial (0020) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

NIOSH (In-House)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE9820
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4

North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4 Less -
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:

7 pages
Contributor:

Casini, Virgil J.;Castillo, Dawn N.;Pettit Theodore A.;
NIOSHTIC Number:

20000464
NTIS Accession Number:

PB99-157364
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:

1999
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1998/07/16
Resource Number:

FACE-98-20
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

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