Michigan man succumbs after pipe mount inverts

October 5, 2006 - A young Michigan man was killed Monday afternoon after he fell from a communications structure in Westland, MI, according to sources familiar with the accident.

The 23-year-old worker, Darryl Hunt of Higgins Lake, had been working on a T-frame on a T-Mobile monopole project when he fell to his death.

The tower technican was said to be tied off to a vertical antenna pipe mount attached to the frame and may have slipped. The pipe then became inverted and Hunt's personal protection equipment came lose  from its anchorage point.

Hunt was employed by Skyline Antenna and Line of Fowlerville, MI. MIOSHA is investigating the accident.

Friends of Hunt said that his family could use assistance to defray burial expenses. Contributions can be sent to his mother, Mrs. Jane Hunt, 7978 Loxley, Higgins Lake, MI 48627.