Workers on cell towers have 10 times the fatality rate of construction workers.
from ProPublica and Frontline
An analysis of every US cell tower-related fatality since 2003 found that tower climbing has a death rate roughly 10 times that of construction, making it one of the most dangerous jobs in America. AT&T, in particular, had the worst track record with more fatalities on its subcontracted jobs than its three closest competitors combined.
ProPublica's Liz Day and PBS Frontline's Ryan Knutson report that tower climber deaths peaked between 2006 and 2008 when AT&T became the exclusive carrier for the iPhone and merged its network with Cingular.