Cell tower climbers surface as having the most dangerous job in America
January 30, 2006 - Based upon the latest national census of fatal
occupational injuries from the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor
Statistics,
workers who are required to climb cell towers and other communications
structures
throughout the country have been identified as having the most dangerous job
in America.
In previous years, inaccurate Occupational Health and Safety Administration
coding and an unknown total of tower climbers prevented the tower erection
and maintenance industry from revealing the most fatalities per 100,000
workers.
Although tower climbers are one of the smallest specialized construction
groups with approximately 8,700 employees, they had ten fatalities from workers
falling from a tower in 2004, representing 115 deaths per 100,000 workers.
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