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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221367733

103079 - CLASSIC PROTECTIVE COATINGS INC

Event
Access/Egress, Basket, Crushing, Frame, Ladder, Paint, Pinned, Sandblasting, Valve, Water Tank
NAICS
238320
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345396022
Employer profile
103079 - CLASSIC PROTECTIVE COATINGS INC
Summary number
221367733
Report ID
0552700

Event description

Employee is killed when pinned between ladder and motor hang

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 a.m. on June 18, 2021, an employee worked from a man basket inside a water tank to sandblast the sides to prepare it for painting. For an unknown reason, the employee exited the man basket to access a ladder and possibly bumped a control valve that caused the employee to be pinned between the ladder frame and a motor hanging bracket. The employee was killed by crushing injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 50 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    999

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