OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221474679
152205 - ALL CLEANING CAROLINA, LLC
MOUNT GILEAD, NC·
Event description
Employee is killed in fall while pressure washing duct
Investigation abstract
On May 24, 2022, an employee was pressure washing the interior of a large horizontal duct. The employee was wearing a harness and was attached to a self-retracting lifeline (SRL). When the employee reached a section of the duct that dumped into a large vertical air-material separator (cyclone), the cable on his SRL failed and he fell into the cyclone. The employee fell approximately 84 feet to the bottom on the cyclone and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
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