OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342604
BLAST AIR INCORPORATED
POMPANO BEACH, FL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE SANDBLASTING WATER TOWER FELL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING FROM A TWO-POINT SUSPENSION SCAFFOLD, BLASTING THE LE GS OF A WATER TOWER. THEY WERE WEARING SAFETY BELTS AND LANYARDS ATTACHED TO A L IFELINE. THERE WAS A GUARDRAIL ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SCAFFOLD, BUT NONE ON THE FRONT. WHEN THEY REACHED THE BOTTOM OF A LEVEL, THEY PLACED A 16 FOOT ALUMINUM WALK BOARD ONTO THE PIN RODS OF THE WATER TANK. THE BOARD FELL. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS HANGING ONTO THE BOARD, FELL 90 FEET WITH THE BOARD AND WAS KILLED. HE HAD APPARENTLY UNHOOKED HIS SAFETY BELT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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