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Published: February 22, 2006 02:03 pm
Ridge Farm man dies in fall
Staff Report
VEEDERSBURG,
Ind. - A Ridge Farm, Ill., man working on a cellular telephone tower in
Fountain County died Tuesday night when he fell from the top of the
150-foot tower.
Fountain County Sheriff's Department officials
said Scott D. Henry, 31, was working on the cell tower in the first
block of West Bonebrake Road near Veedersburg when he fell.
Police and emergency workers arrived about 6:19 p.m. and discovered Henry's body.
Wallace Hooker, chief deputy with the Fountain County Coroner's office, pronounced the man dead at the scene.
Police
said Henry was employed as a professional climber, whose job it was to
climb towers to make repairs. It is believed Henry was working to
upgrade the tower he fell from Tuesday.
Henry's cause of death remains under investigation. An autopsy is scheduled for today.
Police said because the death is work-related, Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials have been contacted.
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