OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #978692
WATER TOWER,DEMOLITION,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,FALL,TIE-OFF,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed in fall from 100 ft water tower
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on top of a 100 ft water tower that was being demolished . He tied himself to an 11 ft metal ladder that was designed to move around the dome structure. When Employee #1 was making a cut in the dome to remove it, he a lso cut the ladder in the only two places it was fastened. When the cut was made , he and the ladder fell to the ground. Employee #1 died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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