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Free-standing steel lattice tower 180 Storm [36] Boll Relay Transmitter, Oberndorf-Boll, Germany: November 2, 2012: Lattice tower 30 Truck collision [37] Houston public safety radio tower September 20, 2013: Guyed 152 Unknown VOV Quang Binh Transmitting Station Dong Hoi, Quang Binh, Vietnam: September 30, 2013: Free-standing steel lattice tower ...
Lighting on a Houston radio tower reportedly failed just days before it was hit by a helicopter on Sunday, killing four people in a fiery explosion that toppled the tower and left debris scattered ...
This is a list of structural failures and collapses of buildings and other structures including bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Warsaw Radio Mast (centre) from a distance (as pictured in 1989) Warsaw Radio Mast compared with some other tall structures The Warsaw Radio Mast (Polish: Maszt radiowy w Warszawie) was a radio mast located near Gąbin, Poland, and was the world's tallest structure at 2,120 ft (646.30 m) from 1974 until its collapse on 8 August 1991. [1]
Tower climbers may be injured or killed by falling objects, structural collapses and equipment failures. Some of the more frequently encountered hazards include falls from great heights; electrical hazards; hazards associated with hoisting personnel and equipment with base-mounted drum hoists; inclement weather; and structural collapse of towers.
KTXH suffered a $1.5 million loss in equipment, including the transmitter, on which the falling mast collapsed. [7] [9] A man in the transmitter building saw the tower collapse and fled. [10] In the wake of the accident, the Senior Road Tower Group assigned blame to a clamping device that fastened the antenna to the cable. [9]
KMSP Tower with the Telefarm Towers in the background Antenna of the KMSP Tower. In 2001, a painter working on the tower died from asphyxia upon falling 500 feet down the structure. [3] In April 2022, the tower underwent upgrades to increase KMSP-TV's effective radiated power from 30 kW to 36.2 kW, improving signal strength and expanding ...
The men discuss how to respond to the two towers, and the communications problems they faced. The sound of a falling person hitting pavement outside reverberates. According to Michael Daly, "Palmer stood steady and calm, an air pack on his back, a red flashlight bound with black elastic to his white helmet, a radio in his left hand.