The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration renewed a national strategic partnership with the Federal Communications Commission and NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association to eliminate fatalities and reduce injuries and illnesses among workers in the communications tower erection industry.
The five-year renewal includes carriers, general contractors and engineering firms in the communications tower erection industry. The partnership will address hazards, such as falls from height, high-energy electrical contact, falling objects, tower collapses and inclement weather frequently encountered during telecommunications, tower erection and maintenance operations.
The partners intend to develop best practices to address the root causes of injuries and fatalities during maintenance, repair and construction of wireless communication and broadcast systems under normal and emergency situations. The partners will also establish job-specific safety and health training for supervisors and foreperson, telecommunications tower technicians, project managers and project supervisors.
Since 2020, the partnership has created icons representing hazards that can fatally injure workers and has seen an increase in partner company participants from 94 in 2022 to 157 in 2023.
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