OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14305999

WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,BROKEN CABLE,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL,WATER TANK,SCAFFOLD

1987-05-07T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,BROKEN CABLE,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL,WATER TANK,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14305999
Report ID: 454711

Event description

Employee killed in fall when staging rope breaks

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was inside a water tank when a rope supporting his staging broke. Em ployee #1, who was not wearing his safety belt at the time, fell approximately 6 0 feet and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
24

Occupation code
579

Human factor
20

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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