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Man Dies from 100 foot Tower Fall!

Update! The man was working with a 3 man crew, he was about 105 feet up, he was from Sumter, SC. His name was Allen Lee Cotton, 44 years old. Neither of the other workmates saw the fall, one was above Allen working and the other was in the truck on the laptop. The accident happened just before noon on December 18th. The men were all employed by Central USA Wireless. No details on what happened just yet.

OSHA has been notified! OSHA will investigate with State law enforcement.

http://www.wistv.com/story/27669797/sumter-man-dies-in-fall-from-tn-cell-phone-tower

http://www.greeneville.com/news/

Another climber fatality has happened! This time in Greene County, TN. Late this morning there was another fatality. I just found out from Liz Day! The man fell 100 feet according to Robert Sayne, local EMS director, on West Vann Road.

This is # 12 for the year, so sad.

http://www.wjhl.com/story/27663137/man-dies-after-fall-from-100-feet-cell-phone-tower-in-greene-county-tn

http://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/article_5f0d83ba-86e8-11e4-adc4-839c8fcac8ee.html

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Suicide from 400 foot tower in Long Branch, NJ

Victim was Christopher Zweidinger, 38, of the Whiting section of Manchester, according to Public Safety Director Jason Roebuck.

http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2014/10/man_who_jumped_from_radio_tower_in_downtown_long_branch_ided.html

Another apparent suicide from a communications tower. This is why the FCC would like to enforce those fencing regulations, to stop things like this from happening. However, if a person wants in bad enough they will find a way. Spectators said they saw him up there and then just step off the tower while someone else thought he was trying to climb higher.

This was reported on October 20th, 2014. This appears to be the second suicide from a tower this year that we know of. More details in the link below.

http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2014/10/person_jumps_from_radio_tower_in_downtown_long_branch_police_say.html

http://wordontheshore.com/man-dies-after-jumping-from-long-branch-radio-tower-second-incident-in-6-months-cms-3483