Investigators are on the scene of a fatal construction accident, where two workers were killed when they fell from a radio tower near Buck Creek, Indiana.
According to County Deputy Coroner, a crew of five men were installing a radio tower when two of the workers at a height of 340 feet, fell with a piece of equipment that was being used to install another segment to the tower.
The County Sheriff's officials identified the two victims as 32-year-old Paul Aliff and 29-year-old Ernest Garcia, both of Texas. They both were fatally injured in the fall.
The men were reportedly apart of a work crew from ERI, Inc. of Chandler, Indiana.
The radio tower the men were working on was a WXXB radio tower, which is a local FM radio station owned by Schurz Communications.
Investigators with the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) will be arriving at the scene to conduct a full investigation into the accident.
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