Worker dies from 450-foot radio tower fall
HOOKSTOWN, Pa. (AP) ? A worker repairing an antenna
on a radio tower Tuesday morning fell about 450 feet to his
death, authorities said.
The 26-year-old man, believed to be from Paducah, Ky.,
was pronounced dead at the scene before 11 a.m., the
Beaver County Coroner?s office said. The victim?s identity
was being withheld pending notification of family, state
police Trooper Randall McPherson said.
The worker, a subcontractor for World Tower Co. Inc. of
Mayfield, Ky., was working on a 490-feet-tall radio tower in
Greene Township, near the Ohio border. Another man
working on the tower at the time said he believed each
man was secured to his harness, McPherson said.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was
investigating, McPherson said.
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