Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200600849 - Employee killed in fall when bosun's chair fails

Accident Summary Nr: 200600849 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 05/17/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303413280	05/18/2000	1721	0	National Contracting Company, Llc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was painting the inside of a 110 ft tall water tank when the rigging holding his powered boatswain's chair came loose. He was wearing a safety belt, but his lifeline broke and he fell to the bottom of the tank. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: RIGGING, BOSUN CHAIR, LIFELINE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, PAINTER, WATER TANK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000		110	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303413280			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 90 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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