
Are Communication Tower Workers Being Put in Harm’s Way?
In 2014, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated its rules for the communication tower industry. These rules were meant to halt the excessive number of workplace deaths. Despite this update, communication tower deaths continued into 2016. Last year in February, a 28-year-old cell tower technician fell to his death while servicing the Tri-State Tower in Iowa. In May of 2016, two tower technicians died in separate incidents on the same day. One fell to