OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566673
CEPCO TANK & STEEL COMPANY
MESA, AZ·
Event description
FALL FROM EDGE OF STORAGE TANK
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE FELL 32FT. FROM THE EDGE OF A STEEL TANK UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO THE B OTTOM, WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE SUSPENDED LOAD OR LOST HIS FOOTING. THE EMPLOYE E WAS WORKING AS A "SPOTTER" FOR A CRANE OPERATOR WHO WAS MOVING AN 8'X 30' SHEE T OF STEEL PLATE ON TOP A 32' HIGH WATER TANK. WHILE THE SHEET OF STEEL PLATE WA S BEING MOVED HORIZONTALLY BY THE CRANETHE EMPLOYEE POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN T HE SHEET OF STEEL PLATE AND THE OPEN CENTER AREA OF THE TANK AND WAS BUMPED BY T HE SUSPENDED LOAD OR LOST HIS FOOTING, RESULTING IN A 32' FALL TO THE STEEL BOTT OM OF THE TANK BELOW, SUSTAINING FATAL HEAD INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 865
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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