OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517114
E. SMALIS PAINTING COMPANY, INC.
JACKSONVILLE, FL·
Event description
Employee killed in fall with suspension scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, part of a bridge painting crew, was operating an American Climber s ingle-point suspension scaffold that was attached to a bridge tower. He was desc ending when he ran out of support cable and the scaffold fell approximately 37 f t to the walkway. He was killed. The top of the bridge tower, where the climber was attached, was 161.5 ft above the walkway, and the cable was only 124 ft long . It should have been at least 162 ft long to prevent this type of accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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