OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14240451
GUARDRAIL,DISMANTLING,WIRE ROPE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STORAGE TANK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,STRUCK BY,LOST BALANCE
Event description
Employee killed in fall from storage tank
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had climbed atop a 21-ft-high by 18-ft-wide storage tank to remove s caffolding before the tank was painted. When he dropped a roller from the roof, he was struck on the back by a trailing wire rope and lost his balance. Employee #1 fell, landing face down, and was killed. He was not wearing a safety belt an d lanyard, nor had a guardrail or other fall protection been attached to the tan k.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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