OSHA Investigating Death of 3 Tower Workers
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating deaths Wednesday of three broadcast tower workers in Miami-Dade County, Florida, said Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue and OSHA spokesmen. OSHA doesn’t release preliminary information on investigations, but it confirmed the workers were…
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employees of Texas-based tower company Tower King II. A Fire and Rescue spokesman told us the men were killed after equipment collapsed, causing them to fall hundreds of feet. In an interview last month, Tower King II CEO Kevin Barber told said his crew was preparing for a job in Florida connected with the post-incentive auction repacking, and his firm is one of a very limited number that could take on the most challenging tower work (see 1708160050). Tower King II, The National Association of Tower Erectors, NAB and tower owner Sunbeam Television didn’t comment. Commissioner Mike O'Rielly tweeted a link to TV news coverage of the incident Thursday morning. "May God please welcome them & bless their families. So sad," O'Rielly said.