National Wireless Safety Alliance Aims to Cut Tower Accidents
The National Wireless Safety Alliance got its start four years ago, the outgrowth of 2013 industry summit focused on tower worker safety, Executive Director Duane MacEntee said during an FCC podcast released Thursday. “We had a lot of fatalities and…
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it garnered a lot of, in my opinion, proper attention by authorities,” he said. “The fatality rate was very high. At one point, we were labeled as the most dangerous industry in the U.S. You don't want to be No. 1 in that regard.” The summit “was really the first time that collectively everybody got together representing multiple sectors of the industry to speak openly and honestly about what is needed in terms of changing that dynamic,” he said. The group offers a nationally recognized certification program for tower workers to ensure they are appropriately trained, MacEntee said. The podcast is hosted by Evan Swarztrauber, aide to Commissioner Brendan Carr.