BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) – Workplace safety officials are investigating the death
of an Arkansas man who fell from a radio tower in southwest Mississippi.
The Daily Leader of Brookhaven reports 34-year-old Christopher Chase Hawkins
of Caraway, Arkansas, fell from atop a 280-foot (85-meter) tower in Brookhaven
on Thursday.
Lincoln County Coroner Clay McMorris says Hawkins died before he could be
taken to a hospital.
McMorris says Hawkins and another worker from an Arkansas company were
changing out lightning rods as part of maintenance on the tower.
The coroner says Hawkins appears to have unhooked part of his safety harness
and lost his balance.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the
death, as are Brookhaven police.
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