Worker Falls 500' To His Death From Newton Radio Tower

[Zappa]

A worker died Wednesday after falling 500 feet from a radio tower in Newton, according to fire officials.
The incident happened on Chestnut Street near the intersection of Eliot and Needham streets in Newton just before 1 p.m.

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The worker, a man from Iowa who worked for a Texas-based company, was a contractor for American Tower Corp.

[sad2]

 

[drgrant]

Talk about a s**ty way to die. [sad2] RIP.

-Mike

 

[appraiser]

Yep the "FM128" tower.

Scott Fybush has posted stuff on his NERW FB page about it.

 

[Fixxah]

Too bad it wasn't 25'. Would have been a lot quicker. RIP

Sent from the Hyundai of the droids, the Samsung Replenish, using Tapatalk.

 

[ArmaNotSoLite]

Talk about a s**ty way to die. [sad2] RIP.

-Mike

Are you kidding? That's an awesome way to go out. If you gotta go anyway, why not fall from 500'? The only way it could be more awesome is if he were drinking jack daniels from the bottle and banging 2 strippers on the way down.

 

[economist]

I always thought these guys used some redundant harness system. Do they free climb?

 

[Mass-diver]

I always thought these guys used some redundant harness system. Do they free climb?

free climb

see below

http://www.noob.us/miscellaneous/i-triple-dare-you-to-watch-this-all-the-way-through/

 

[Martlet]

Those guys need BASE rigs.

 

[drgrant]

free climb
http://www.noob.us/miscellaneous/i-triple-dare-you-to-watch-this-all-the-way-through/

It's worth noting, though, that not every tech will climb a tower like that.

-Mike

 

[economist]

free climb

see below

http://www.noob.us/miscellaneous/i-triple-dare-you-to-watch-this-all-the-way-through/

Wow.

 

[joehaus]

free climb

see below

http://www.noob.us/miscellaneous/i-triple-dare-you-to-watch-this-all-the-way-through/

Nice! I was looking for that video.

 

[Palladin]

wow, my stomach was jumping on that vid. I did line work in my early 20's basic climb telephone poles etc, 40ft max....

 

[Mass-diver]

Nice! I was looking for that video.

Ya, it freaked me out when I first saw it posted on NES a month or so ago.

 

[Zappa]

wow, my stomach was jumping on that vid. I did line work in my early 20's basic climb telephone poles etc, 40ft max....

Hi Joe, didn't expect to see you posting in this section, you get your ticket and not tell anyone ?

Speaking of towers (here's where I hijack my own thread), that new MWRA wind turbine that sprouted up on 99 in Charlestown is pretty impressive, you have anything to do with that?

 

[el duderino]

Is it too early to apply for the job?

 

[yanici]

This was on the Channel 5 news tonight. I guess he was half way up. The tower is 1000' tall. Just some guy trying to earn a paycheck. I feel bad for those close to him.

 

[Radio]

I'm with Kurt Jackson right now in Sturbridge, he's being interviewed by Fox 25 as we speak. Should be on at 10 or 11pm

 

[Zappa]

I know Kurt (448.000), I passed this info along to some others on the local UHF machine.
I tried to post it to GEMOTO but the site crashed ?????
Are you wearing your Trilby ?

 

[mcb]

RIP

and that video is amazing. If that's how you earn your paycheck I owe you a beer.

 

[Radio]

No, I don't climb, at least not in the last ten years. I used to but that was a long time ago. I'm a "ground man" and run the winch and rope head and shoot the lines form the ground. Sometimes I'll have beacons sent down to repair and then send them back up or I'll need to cut and thread some pipe he may need but I now keep my feet on the ground. I do my best not to pull the tower over while he's on it. It's a long story, ask me in person sometime.

 

[Palladin]

Hi Joe, didn't expect to see you posting in this section, you get your ticket and not tell anyone ?

Speaking of towers (here's where I hijack my own thread), that new MWRA wind turbine that sprouted up on 99 in Charlestown is pretty impressive, you have anything to do with that?

The title caught my eye, not the section. And yes, the Charlestown turbine is mine.

 

[Zappa]

The title caught my eye, not the section. And yes, the Charlestown turbine is mine.

Is that you on top waving ???

 

[Mike-Mike]

Thats pretty bad ass. Those guys earn there pay. Rip poor guy!

 

[Palladin]

Is that you on top waving ???

from left, with blue hardhat....owner of our company, then Billy electrician LU103, Dan electrician LU103. But this picture was taken at deer Island in 2009; when we put those up. That's a 600kw, on a 35M tower. Charlestown is a 1500kw, on a 70M tower

 

[Madball13]

I always thought these guys used some redundant harness system. Do they free climb?

Free climbing is not allowed or practiced by anyone that wants to live. Lots of companies make a Y-lanyard that allows 100% attachment during the climb.

 

[Martlet]

from left, with blue hardhat....owner of our company, then Billy electrician LU103, Dan electrician LU103. But this picture was taken at deer Island in 2009; when we put those up. That's a 600kw, on a 35M tower. Charlestown is a 1500kw, on a 70M tower

Will you let me climb it?

 

[cockpitbob]

That's a 600kw, on a 35M tower. Charlestown is a 1500kw, on a 70M tower

How do those things pay for themselves? I assume the big ones still cost more than $1.5M installed. If I take out all those delivery charges from my bill it looks like I'm paying $0.08/KWHr. That means a 1500KW unit makes $120/hr in good winds. Even if its yearly average is 25% of that (which I doubt) it's only making $263K/yr. Add in maintenance costs and the interest you could have made with the investment and I don't see how they ever break even.

 

[chiefsaj]

Helmet, really?

And the call motorcycle helmets brain buckets....

free climb

see below

http://www.noob.us/miscellaneous/i-triple-dare-you-to-watch-this-all-the-way-through/

 

[namedpipes]

from left, with blue hardhat....owner of our company, then Billy electrician LU103, Dan electrician LU103. But this picture was taken at deer Island in 2009; when we put those up. That's a 600kw, on a 35M tower. Charlestown is a 1500kw, on a 70M tower

You seagull killer, you! You view despoiler!

(We need more windmills, keep it up! Ted's not around to bitch anymore!)

 

[Business]

Thats a lousy way to go maybe he had a heart attack and was gone before he hit. RIP