HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
ATTACKS.
NOW AT 5:00 ONE DAY AFTER
THREE MEN PLUNGED NEARLY $1,000
FEET TO THEIR DEATH, WE ARE
LEARNING MORE ABOUT ONE OF THE
VICTIMS.
GARY NELSON HAS BEEN WORKING ON
THIS STORY AND IS JOINING US
LIVE FROM MIAMI GARDENS.
GARY.
Reporter: A VERY ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY IN
THIS TELEVISION TOWER FIELD IN
NORTHWEST MIAMI DADE NEAR THE
BROWARD COUNTY LINE.
OFF THE TURNPIKE.
AFTER THESE THREE PEOPLE DIED
YESTERDAY IN THIS ACCIDENT.
AND WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE
COMPANY THEY WERE WORKING FOR
HAS A HISTORY OF SAFETY
VIOLATIONS.
MIAMI GARDENS POLICE AND CIA
TEAM ARE ON SEEN AS THE
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION BEGAN
INVESTIGATING THE WEDNESDAY
COLLAPSE OF A SCAFFOLDING THAT
KILLED THREE MEN.
THE YELLOW STRUCTURE WAS
ATTACHED TO A 100 STORY
BROADCAST TOWER FOR CHANNEL 7
AND 10.
BE THE MEN ON THE SCAFFOLD
WORKING FOR A COMPANY CALLED
TOWER KING II WERE KILLED OUT
RIGHT.
A NEARBY RESIDENT SAY IT
SOUNDED LIKE A HAND GRENADE.
I CALL 911.
IT'S ABOUT ALL I CAN DO.
Reporter: OSHA TELLS CBS 4
NEWS, TOWER WAS CITED IN 2011
FOR THREE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES
AND FOR TWO SERIOUS SAFETY
VIOLATIONS IN '08.
APPARENTLY AFTER RECEIVING A
COMPLAINT.
THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE SAYS IT
HAS BUILT AND DIRECTED SOME OF
THE LARGEST HEAVIEST TOWER
STRUCTURES IN NORTH AMERICA AND
WILL WORK WITH YOU TO COMPLETE
YOUR PROGRAM IN A TIMELY FROST
EFFECTIVE MANNER.
AMONG THE THREE THAT DIED
WEDNESDAY WAS MARCUS OF THE
DAYTON, OHIO AREA.
HE POSTED A PICTURE OF HIMSELF
YESTERDAY ON THE SCAFFOLD THAT
WAS HE WAS TODAY THAT KILLED
HIM.
MIAMI GARDENS POLICE RELEASED
THE NAME OF THE OTHER TWO MEN
THAT DIED.
BRACKTEN BARBER AND RODRIGUEZ.
OSHA SAYS TOWER KING II SETTLED
ITS PRIOR SAFETY VIOLATIONS BY
PAYING FINES OR COMING INTO
COMPLIANCE.
WHEN WE REACHED THE COMPANY'S
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