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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #975722

COLLAPSE,FALL,WATER TANK,SCAFFOLD

Event
COLLAPSE,FALL,WATER TANK,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
975722
Report ID
551800

Event description

SCAFFOLD AND EMPLOYEE FALL 60 FEET- EMPLOYEE DIES

Investigation abstract

At approximately 1 p.m. on October 22, 1989, Employee #1 was standing on a scaff old painting the internal part of a water tank. The water tank was 68 feet high and 32 feet in diameter. The scaffold was 16 feet long, 16 inches wide, and 60 f eet high with two suspensions. Apparently, the two fist grip bolts holding the s caffold blocks in a loop of 0.625-inch wire cable failed. The scaffold and the e mployee fell 60 feet to the bottom of the water tank. The employee died the same day of multiple injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 37 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    579
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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