OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519524

SLINE INDUSTRIAL PAINTERS, INC.

LAKE CHARLES, LA· 1986-04-01T00:00:00

Event: SINGLE-PT SUSP SCAFF, INADEQUATE MAINT, WORK RULES, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SUPPORT CABLE, FALL, SCAFFOLD
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2309474
Employer profile: SLINE INDUSTRIAL PAINTERS, INC.
Summary number: 14519524
Report ID: 625700

Event description

Employee killed in fall when scaffold cable breaks

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on a sky climber (a single-point suspension scaffold) when the 0 .3125-in. cable broke. Employee #1 was killed when he and the scaffold unit fell over 80 ft. Employee #1 was killed. The skylock overspeed device was not in use . Preventive maintenance on the sky climber had been inadequate.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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