Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200840551 - Employee killed in fall from telecom tower

Accident Summary Nr: 200840551 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 08/04/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300611720	08/07/2000	1799	0	Renaissance Communication, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a 19-year-old tower technician, was installing a boom near the top of a 300 ft tall communications tower. He released the snap hook on his lanyard and attached it to the waist belt; he then released the snap hook on his positioning device and began to move from spot to spot on the tower. At one point, he took the positioning device snap hook, struck it against the anchor point and, thinking that the hook had snapped into place, let go of his handhold. Employee #1 fell to the ground and was killed instantly. Apparently, the snap hook had failed to take hold of the anchor point.

Keywords: ATTACHMENT HOOK, COMMUNICATION TOWER, SNAPHOOK ROLLOUT, TELECOM WORK, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, COMMUNICATION WORKER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		285	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300611720			Fatality	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 285 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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