Deadliest job in America: Working on cell phone towers

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Next time you can't get a cell phone signal in the middle of town, put your problem in perspective: New figures show that the deadliest job in America now goes to the men and women who construct, upgrade, and repair cell phone towers.
According to a story in this week's RCR Wireless News (no online link yet), building and climbing towers (which can be hundreds of feet tall) is more dangerous than ranching, fishing, logging, and even ironworking. The fatality rate is currently 183.6 deaths per 100,000 workers: Five tower workers died during one 12-day span earlier this year alone. 18 tower workers died on the job in 2006.
The cause for the runup in tower worker deaths isn't completely clear, but it's likely a combination of careless working practices (workers not using safety gear 100 percent of the time, or not using it correctly) and network operators pushing to build out and upgrade their networks too quickly. Hard to blame carriers for wanting to get faster networks up and running, but not at the cost of human life. (RCR is careful to note that the investigation into the rise in fatalities is too early to attribute to any specific source.)
Oddly, a loophole in OSHA rules may make it difficult for changes to happen quickly: Towers are often constructed by small contractors instead of the carriers or the owners of the towers. Since the carrier isn't on site during the construction of the tower, the contractor receives the fine and the carrier and owner face no sanctions. (That hasn't stopped the families of some of the deceased workers from suing carriers, though.)
Up next: Workers and their unions are hoping to push through federal legislation which could lead to more thorough regulations covering safety in this largely ignored industry.

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[bheaberlin1]

I have worked in the Cellular Industry for 13 years. This guy is wrong!!! In so many ways, it is not against Federal Law to Have Cellular Antennas near or on a School, In fact many towns make Carriers collocate near there schools or on Town Property for the Lease revenue, or for the basic fact it gives them a place to put up school and or municpal Antennas.

[peter161067]

Most kids these days have cellphones and will be exposed to far higher RF fields from thier own phone than they will from the towers. Many ill informed people don't realise this, whats more, a cellphone will reduce its transmit power to the minimum required if the signal is good enough. So in actual fact, having a cell site nearby will actually reduce exposure!!

[smcnulty54]

Get a clue idiot

[fuckyou334]

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[44209david]

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[stump837]

This guy is wrong on so many levels. Obviously has nevervworked on on near a cell tower

[TheFriends34]

Hip Hip Hooray the dangers can's be denied, a major step for mankind!

[dv6000hp]

Idiot

[BarricadeSlade]

@bheaberlin1 Lol my school has a Verizon tower on top of like, those sport light posts in next to the football field. Right above the bench. I think cell towers are good. Especially near areas of high population (Umm... my school has nearly 2600 students :o)

[peter161067]

The only proven effect of RF radiation on human tissue is heating and you would have to be VERY close to the antenna element radiating a lot of power to experience that. The whole thing is a bit like being paranoid about getting burned by the lamp in a street light, its not going to happen unless you climb up and touch the lamp!!

[peter161067]

@nessnes64 yes a phone will reduce its power to the minimum needed, so if you are near to a tower then the phone will emit less RF than if you were further away. So yes radiation from the phone is reduced by being near a tower.