FCC Will Work To Curb Tower Deaths, Wheeler Says
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler assured the Department of Labor that the FCC remains focused on curbing deaths and injuries of workers who climb communications towers. Wheeler said in a letter Monday to the department that the FCC is submitting for…
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the record the video of October’s joint FCC/Occupational Safety and Health Administration workshop on tower safety (see 1410140172). There were 25 fatal accidents involving communication tower workers in 2013 and 2014, Wheeler wrote. “These fatalities are unacceptable,” he said. “I strongly encourage the entire industry to implement innovative policies from top to bottom to identify and address specific risks, both ongoing and job-specific, to reduce the number of fatalities. The United States is the world leader in the deployment of next generation wireless networks, and we must also be a leader in the safe deployment of those networks.” The video of the workshop is to be posted in docket OSHA-2014-0018.