OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14262208

TONY NELSON WARREN

BETHELRIDGE, KY— 1984-08-11T00:00:00

Event: COMMUNICATION TOWER, COLLAPSE, SAFETY BELT, CONSTRUCTION, GUY, FALL, TOWER, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #14801955
Employer profile: TONY NELSON WARREN
Summary number: 14262208
Report ID: 452110

Event description

EMPLOYEE ON RADIO TOWER KILLED WHEN TOWER FELL OVER

Investigation abstract

THE EMPLOYEES WERE ERECTING THE FIRST FIFTY FOOT SECTION OF A THREE HUNDRED FOOT , 2-WAY RADIO TOWER (ANTENNA). THE SECTION WAS STABLIZED IN A VERTICAL POSITION BY THREE TEMPORARY GUY WIRES. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE TOWER FELL. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS SECURED TO THE TOWER SECTION BY A SAFETY BELT, WAS CARRIED TO HIS DEATH WITH THE FALLING TOWER. HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE INJURIES. THE TOWER MATERIAL WAS MA DE BY UNR-ROHN (DIVISION OF UNR, INC.), MID-WEST DIVISION, PEORIA,ILLINOIS.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
575

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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