Another fallen tower worker in Stockton!

Updated links and news.

Updated links, he was a tower painter and the accident was at 13668 E Morseville Rd, in Stockton, Ill. on Sunday afternoon around 1:48PM local time. He apparently fell from 80 to 90 feet. Thoma Lucas of Toledo, Il, was 49 years old.

http://www.kwqc.com/story/26260814/tower-worker-falls-to-death-in-jo-daviess-county

http://www.thonline.com/news/tri-state/article_d45e2058-317e-5309-a213-008d9e1d4bab.html

http://www.wifr.com/home/headlines/Man-Dead-After-Falling-Off-Communications-Tower-270915201.html

http://wqad.com/2014/08/12/painter-killed-in-fall-from-tower-in-rural-stockton/

Another fallen worker, another loss in the industry. As seen in Wireless Estimator,http://www.wirelessestimator.com/breaking_news.cfmthere was another fallen worker near Stockton, Il. quoting Wireless Estimator, “Jo Daviess County Coroner Bill Laity said that the man who fell from a communications tower in rural Stockton Sunday was Thomas W. Lucas, 49, of Toledo, Ill. According to Laity, Lucas was painting the structure when he fell. Laity did not know if Lucas was self-employed”

Apparently Sunday afternoon, August 10th, this happened. It seems not many people on the news wire picked it up. Just so you know the details are scarce, we just don’t know much…

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Near Miss Stories, Lessons Learned | Wade 4 Wireless says:

August 13, 2014 at 6:53 AM

[…] First off I would like to pay my respects to the 49-year-old fallen tower painter that passed on 7/10/2014. Rest in Peace Thomas Lucas, you will be missed, gratitude and love out to your family. This is the ninth fatality in 2014, and let us all pray that this is the last! I put some tower painting videos in here to honor him. For more information go here. […]

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Wade4Wireless BlogCast | Near Miss Stories, Lessons Learned says:

August 13, 2014 at 6:42 AM

[…] First off I would like to pay my respects to the 49 year old fallen tower painter that passed on 7/10/2014. Rest in Peace Thomas Lucas, you will be missed, gratitude and love out to your family. This is the ninth fatality in 2014, and let us all pray that this is the last! I put some tower painting videos in here to honor him. For more information go here. […]

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