Last week, two workers died after two communications towers collapsed near Blaine, KS.
The men have been identified as 25-year-old Seth Garner and 38-year old Martin Powers. The men died last Tuesday while working at the 250 foot level of the telecommunications tower that collapsed. Power died at the scene and Garner at a local hospital.
The two men were dismantling an old tower which was right next to a new tower when the accident happened, destroying both towers. Acting Director for OSHA, Michael Moon, says there were 13 tower related fatalities in Kansas last year and 4 this year. “They are in a very high risk job. In 2013, we were more than double in the number of fatalities for tower related incidents than we were in 2011 and 2012 combined,” said Moon.
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