Tower Safety & Rescue News http://www.comtrainusa.com/safety-industry-news.php http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:12:52 -0600 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:11:40 -0600 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.3.1) http://www.feedforall.com December 27, 2011 - A tower technician at a Florida broadcast tower site has died, according to authorities who attempted to rescue the man from approximately 700 feet http://www.wirelessestimator.com/breaking_news.cfm D2735B90-CF27-478B-BF70-F41C822CF5EE Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:11:40 -0600 November 2, 2011 - An Ivy Tech Community College faculty member died today after he fell from a self supporting tower on the Lafayette, Ind. campus. http://www.wirelessestimator.com/breaking_news.cfm?#Instructor_Dies 9B7DFBDA-B03B-4B65-A881-67B4230EE669 Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:30:02 -0500 BOSTON -- A worker died Wednesday after falling 500 feet from a radio tower in Newton, according to fire officials. The incident happened on Chestnut Street near the intersection of Eliot and Needham streets in Newton just before 1 p.m. Wednesday. Initial reports said the man had fallen from 1,000 feet Read more: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/29463623/detail.html#ixzz1ag4iCKLS http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/29463623/detail.html 498DC203-792E-4312-BFFA-19968B2B72D8 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:53:56 -0500 August 15, 2011 - A 21-year-old tower tech fell to his death last Thursday off of a tower near Brookfield, Mo. He was employed by Hayden Tower Service, Inc. of Topeka, KS. Jacob Von Kopfman was the fifth tower technician to die this year from falling from a communications structure. http://www.wirelessestimator.com/breaking_news.cfm#Tech_Death 7975E8DB-2427-45E4-868F-8A06A6D5EAA0 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:14:54 -0500 An eighteen-year-old tower tech fell 50 feet to his death from a self supporting tower owned by U.S. Cellular in Hollister, N.C. It is the nation's fourth fatality this year. http://www.wirelessestimator.com/breaking_news.cfm#Tower_Tech_Dies CC389F12-F893-4532-B666-4450E5C21A37 Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:37:47 -0500