OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14195499
FRACTURE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,SLIP,TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,PAINTER,LEG,SCAFFOLD
Event description
PAINTER FELL FROM SUSPENSION SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
TWO PAINTERS WERE ASSIGNED THE JOB OF PAINTING OUT THE LOGO ON A CYLINDRICAL LIQ QUIPMENT. HOWEVER, THE TWO PAINTERS, IGNORING COMPANY POLICY, TIED THEIR LIFELIN ES OFF ON THE SCAFFOLD'S GUARDRAIL, OR NOT AT ALL, RATHER THAN TO THE TANK. ON T HE THIRD MORNING OF THE THREE-DAY JOB, THE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE HOISTING THEMSELVE S UP. AT ABOUT THE 33 FOOT LEVEL, ONE FALL BECAME UNHOOKED AT THE TOP, DROPPING ONE END OF THE SCAFFOLD. EMPLOYEE #1, APPARENTLY NOT BELTED OFF, FELL AND BROKE BOTH LEGS AND FRACTURED HIS SKULL. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE CLIMBED THE RIGGING TO THE TOP OF THE TANK AND DESCENDED THE SPIRAL STAIRWAY. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO FAILURE OF MATERIAL IN THE SCAFFOLD OR SUSPENSION. UID OXYGEN TANK WHICH WAS 60 FEET TALL AND 40 FEET IN DIAMETER. THE WERE ALSO TO PAINT ON A NEW LOGO. THEY WERE USING A TWO-POINT SUSPENSION SCAFFOLD, SUPPORTED BY NEW 3/4 INCH MANILA LINE AND 3-PART FALLS. THE UPPER BLOCKS WERE HUNG FROM H ALF INCH WIRE ROPE SECURED TO THE TANK DOME'S SUPERSTRUCTURE. THE BLOCK HOOKS WE RE TIED TO THE WIRE ROPE LOOPS, BUT NOT MOUSED ACROSS THE HOOK OPENING. THE TANK TOP WAS ACCESSIBLE VIA A SPIRAL STAIRWAY. THE SCAFFOLD WAS EQUIPPED WITH GUARDR AILS. THE TWO MEN WERE PROVIDED WITH SAFETY BELTS AND SUFFICIENT ROPE FOR RIGGIN G LIFELINES. THEIR TRUCKS WERE ROUTINELY LOADED AT THE SHOP WITH ALL NECESSARY E
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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