[TowerTalk] Another tower death

[jon.zaimes at dol.net]

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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