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Tower crews in companies with over 100 employees could be exempt in OSHA’s new vaccine mandate rule President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for employers with 100 or more employees will take effect on January 4, 2022, when these employees will either have to be fully vaccinated or submit weekly COVID-19 tests to…

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A 100-foot fall off of an SBA monopine is fatal for a 21-year-old Illinois tower tech A 21-year-old Illinois tower tech died Friday after falling from a cell tower in Illinois while he was working on a Verizon installation east of Joliet as a member of a four-man crew. The structure…

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DC Judge questions the existence of FDA working groups cited in FCC’s RF exposure order A D.C. Circuit panel judge yesterday, during oral arguments, appeared unconvinced of the Federal Communications Commission’s support of their findings that cell phones and other connected devices pose no risks to human health. The Environmental…

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OSHA levies largest fine in its history involving a tower tech’s death: $141K With one Willful and two Serious violations, OSHA has cited Pegasus Tower Co. for exposing employees to falls after a fatality at a Starkville, Mississippi, worksite. The tower erector faces $140,720 in penalties, the highest…

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Mississippi gin pole failure crushes top-hand resulting in 2020’s first industry fatality A Kentucky tower technician passed away on Friday, Feb. 7, 2020 in Mississippi when a gin pole collapsed atop the tower he was working on, crushing the man and causing fatal injuries. It was the…

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3M issues advisory on its DBI-SALA EZ-Stop shock absorbing lanyard 3M is emphasizing that their EZ-Stop Lanyard portfolio remains safe to use as it meets all aspects of the relevant OSHA regulation (OSHA 29 CFR 1926.502), but they are issuing an advisory and not a…

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Fatal falls from heights are at a five year low, but not for the nation’s tower techs The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) has released its Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Report for 2018, and OSHA and media have been heralding the marked 14% decrease from 2017 of fatal falls to a…

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Having saved more lives than he ever knew, Winton ‘Dub’ Wilcox Jr. passes at age 74 Simply said, what Guglielmo Marconi did for radio, Winton (Dub) Wilcox Jr. achieved for climber safety as he took a cottage industry with loosely knit safety practices to a heightened professional awareness to save tower…

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Arkansas tech dies in Mississippi during er****on of 348-foot self-supporting tower An Arkansas tower technician died Saturday after he fell approximately 80 feet from a self-supporting tower being constructed in Mississippi. It was the eighth industry fatality this year. Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael Hunt identified the…

Mexican telecom battle broadens at the border over 700 MHz interference Thousands of Verizon customers, from El Paso, Texas to San Diego, California, are still fighting to get decent coverage that is being blocked after Mexican wholesaler Altán Redes introduced service three months ago In August…