OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14397210
TECHNICAL ASSOCIATES & SUPPLIERS, INC.
GONZALES, TX·
Event description
Employee killed, another injured when platform falls
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:00 a.m. on March 11, 1988, Employees #1 and #2 were about 70 ft above the ground sandblasting a water tower when the suspension pivot point m echanism on the platform system failed. Employees #1 and #2 were wearing safety belts with the safety lanyard connected to the suspension platform. They were no t, however, connected to a separate point on the suspension system, and they fel l to the ground. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 was hospitalized. The su spension platform had not been designed or constructed by a competent person. No engineering drawings were available. The primary cause of the accident was the failure of the suspension pivot point mechanism.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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