OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14265029
AIR LINE RESPIRATOR,WATER TOWER,CONFINED SPACE,TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD,PAINT SOLVENT,FALL,TOWER,HIGH TEMPERATURE,RESPIRATOR,SCAFFOLD
Event description
FALL FROM TWO POINT SUSPENSION SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE SPRAY PAINTING A WATER STANDPIPE (WATER TOWER) IN THE TOWN OF MARSHFIELD ON 6/13/84. THIS TOWER IS 125 FT. HIGH AND 30 FT. IN DIAMETER. IN THE AFTERNOON OF THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT THE FOREMAN WAS INSIDE THE TANK ON A TW O POINT SUSPENSION SCAFFOLD, ON HIS WAY UP. HIS TWO ASSISTANTS WERE OUTSIDE. AT 84 FEET UP HE FELL. HE DIED LATER THAT DAY. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDED (1) HI GH PAINT SOLVENT LEVELS IN THE TANK (2) A SPLICED AIRLINE FOR BREATHING AIR WHIC H CAME APART (3) HIGH TEMPERATURE IN THE TANK (ESTIMATED GREATER THAN 110-F) (4) SAFETY BELT NOT ATTACHED TO SAFETY LINE AND (5) ABSENCE OF GUARDRAILS ON ONE SI DE OF THE SCAFFOLD.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Hazardous substance
- 2590
- Task assigned
- 1
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