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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14535629

CONSTRUCTION,PAINT,FALL,TOXIC FUMES,WATER TANK

Event
CONSTRUCTION,PAINT,FALL,TOXIC FUMES,WATER TANK
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14535629
Report ID
830300

Event description

Employee killed in fall after overcome by paint fumes

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was overcome by paint mists and toxic vapors while helping a painter paint the inside of an elevated water tank. Employee #1 fell approximately 110 ft down a 5 ft diameter water column located below the tank. He was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 29 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    19
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

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