Narrative:

I reported to work at XG00 local. Water was leaking from the roof. Plastic was over equipment in one small area. Within 1 hour half of tower cabin attendant was covered with plastic with 4 buckets catching water from plastic. Clearance delivery/FD and ground control positions closed because of plastic covering positions. Airport operations contacted and roofers came out to see what could be done. They left at XL00 local and plastic and buckets still there over positions. My concern is that the damage to the ceiling was major and the damage to the equipment if not protected by plastic would be extreme as well as the safety of being plugged into the equipment and not knowing if I would be shocked or electrocuted. The electric heaters on the ceiling when turned on shot electric sparks and was turned off so not to start a fire. I had to stand on a chair to see and it had wheels so I could have fallen. While I was working aircraft I was not at ease due to the fear of being shocked or falling off the chair. Supplemental information from acn 139604: normal spring-type rain showers in the tulsa area, caused water leaks in the tulsa ATC tower to reoccur. Controllers were faced with working under hazardous conditions, to both them and the unaware flying public. The conditions are: 2 positions are unusable. Clearance delivery and ground control -- both very vital to tower operations. An emergency meeting had to be called to discuss temporary procedures. During this time, positions had to be combined (local and ground control). Extra duties were acquired by radar data. This caused extra and unnecessary workloads on controllers effecting ATC safety. Some equipment under the plastic had to be used periodically, attainable only by crawling under the plastic. Ceiling tiles falling out and sparks from window heaters caused health and fire hazards to personnel and property. Carpets suffer from water damage. Three 5 gal buckets of water had to be dumped hourly. With more rain forecasted for the next 3 days, conditions are guaranteed to worsen. Having the roof of the tower completely redone seems to be the only answer, since past patch jobs have obviously failed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WATER LEAK IN TWR CAB CAUSES SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH ATC PERSONNEL AND AIR TRAFFIC.

Narrative: I REPORTED TO WORK AT XG00 LCL. WATER WAS LEAKING FROM THE ROOF. PLASTIC WAS OVER EQUIPMENT IN ONE SMALL AREA. WITHIN 1 HR HALF OF TWR CAB WAS COVERED WITH PLASTIC WITH 4 BUCKETS CATCHING WATER FROM PLASTIC. CD/FD AND GC POSITIONS CLOSED BECAUSE OF PLASTIC COVERING POSITIONS. ARPT OPERATIONS CONTACTED AND ROOFERS CAME OUT TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE. THEY LEFT AT XL00 LCL AND PLASTIC AND BUCKETS STILL THERE OVER POSITIONS. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE CEILING WAS MAJOR AND THE DAMAGE TO THE EQUIPMENT IF NOT PROTECTED BY PLASTIC WOULD BE EXTREME AS WELL AS THE SAFETY OF BEING PLUGGED INTO THE EQUIPMENT AND NOT KNOWING IF I WOULD BE SHOCKED OR ELECTROCUTED. THE ELECTRIC HEATERS ON THE CEILING WHEN TURNED ON SHOT ELECTRIC SPARKS AND WAS TURNED OFF SO NOT TO START A FIRE. I HAD TO STAND ON A CHAIR TO SEE AND IT HAD WHEELS SO I COULD HAVE FALLEN. WHILE I WAS WORKING ACFT I WAS NOT AT EASE DUE TO THE FEAR OF BEING SHOCKED OR FALLING OFF THE CHAIR. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM ACN 139604: NORMAL SPRING-TYPE RAIN SHOWERS IN THE TULSA AREA, CAUSED WATER LEAKS IN THE TULSA ATC TWR TO REOCCUR. CTLRS WERE FACED WITH WORKING UNDER HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, TO BOTH THEM AND THE UNAWARE FLYING PUBLIC. THE CONDITIONS ARE: 2 POSITIONS ARE UNUSABLE. CLRNC DELIVERY AND GND CTL -- BOTH VERY VITAL TO TWR OPERATIONS. AN EMER MEETING HAD TO BE CALLED TO DISCUSS TEMPORARY PROCS. DURING THIS TIME, POSITIONS HAD TO BE COMBINED (LCL AND GND CTL). EXTRA DUTIES WERE ACQUIRED BY RADAR DATA. THIS CAUSED EXTRA AND UNNECESSARY WORKLOADS ON CTLRS EFFECTING ATC SAFETY. SOME EQUIPMENT UNDER THE PLASTIC HAD TO BE USED PERIODICALLY, ATTAINABLE ONLY BY CRAWLING UNDER THE PLASTIC. CEILING TILES FALLING OUT AND SPARKS FROM WINDOW HEATERS CAUSED HEALTH AND FIRE HAZARDS TO PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY. CARPETS SUFFER FROM WATER DAMAGE. THREE 5 GAL BUCKETS OF WATER HAD TO BE DUMPED HOURLY. WITH MORE RAIN FORECASTED FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS, CONDITIONS ARE GUARANTEED TO WORSEN. HAVING THE ROOF OF THE TWR COMPLETELY REDONE SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY ANSWER, SINCE PAST PATCH JOBS HAVE OBVIOUSLY FAILED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.