3 Killed in Fall From Iowa TV Tower

Jun 01
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/01/D8HV79B00.html


OAKLAND, Iowa
Three workers fell 1,100 feet Wednesday from an Iowa Public Television
tower and died, officials said.


Bill Hayes, director for engineering at IPTV, said the crew was
replacing strobe lights when the accident happened.


"They were up fairly high when something went wrong and all three
members of the crew fell," Hayes said. "We don't know what the actual
cause was."


He said a fourth member of the crew was working on the ground,
operating a winch, hoisting parts to the crew.


"We can only assume that the safety equipment failed," said
Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker.


The men _ ages 57, 27 and 19 _ were pronounced dead at the scene. They
worked for Deter Tower Service, of Grimes. Their names weren't
immediately released.


A woman answering the phone at Deters said no one was available to
talk about the accident. She declined further comment.



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hi

this is indeed tragic accident and could have been prevented,

tower workers are one of the top hazardous occupations
with high rate of death.

be care full up there