A worker was killed Thursday afternoon after being struck by a falling object while performing maintenance nearly 300 feet above the ground on a historic radio tower in Atlantic City’s Venice Park neighborhood.
The 425-foot structure, which once broadcast signals for stations including WFPG and, most recently, WMID AM until its sale and relocation last year, was the site of the fatal industrial accident.
According to officials, the incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. on December 4. Three men employed by a private contracting company were working on the tower, situated near Route 30 (Absecon Boulevard), when an object fell and struck one of them.
The two other workers attempted to administer first aid and CPR on the narrow tower framework before rescue crews could reach them.
Atlantic City firefighters responded to the scene and successfully brought all three men down from the towering structure.
The injured worker was pronounced dead after being lowered to the ground. His two coworkers, who were not injured, declined medical treatment and transportation to a hospital.
The identity of the deceased worker, his colleagues, and the contracting company they worked for have not been released by authorities, pending notification of family.
The precise nature of the object that fell and caused the fatal injury remains under investigation.
The tower itself is a relic of the region’s broadcast history. Erected in the 1950s, it once served as the antenna for WFPG-TV during its brief early-50s operation and later for WMID AM for decades.
WMID was the tower’s sole occupant until the station was sold in 2023; its signal now broadcasts from a site in Ocean City, New Jersey.
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has opened a standard investigation into the workplace fatality.
Such probes typically examine safety protocols, equipment integrity, and fall protection measures to determine if any violations contributed to the accident.
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