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Built for a Simpler Era, OSHA Struggles When Tower Climbers Die

This is the second of a two-part series first published on the ProPublica website and was co-published with PBS "Frontline." Read part one, In Race For Better Cell Service, Men Who Climb Towers Pay With Their Lives, and watch the PBS "Frontline" program. When federal lawmakers passed landmark legislation creating the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, they intended to protect workers by imposing clear, uniform rules on their employers.
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OSHA Struggles When Tower Climbers Die

News : Truthdig (last year)

By Ryan Knutson, PBS Frontline, and Liz Day, ProPublica When federal lawmakers passed landmark legislation creating the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, they intended to protect workers by imposing clear, uniform rules... Read Post

Cell Coverage Brings Deadly Risk for Tower Climbers

Technology : Technology from Newser (last year)

Next time someone is carping about spotty cell coverage, keep in mind this investigation by ProPublica and PBS' Frontline : Fifty tower climbers died in accidents between 2003 and 2011 as the industry raced to get everyone connected... Read Post

In Race For Better Cell Service, Men Who Climb Towers Pay With Their Lives

News / Independent News : Mother Jones (last year)

This story first appeared on the ProPublica website. This story was co-published with PBS Frontline. In the spring of 2008, AT&T was racing to roll out a new cell phone network to deliver music, video and online games at faster spee... Read Post


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