Case Report from OSHA files
- A worker was applying waterproofing to the exterior of a building from a two-point suspension scaffold. Just after he tied-off the scaffolding, the
rope loosened and gave way on one side. According to witnesses, the worker slipped out of his safety belt and fell three floors to a concrete walkway
and injured his head. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital at 11:55 a.m.
- At approximately 2:00 p.m., a painter and a helper were scraping, glazing, and painting windows from a 32-foot-high two-point suspension scaffold. The
employees stopped painting because it started to rain. They pulled 7/8-inch manila hoisting ropes up to the work platform and laid them over the top of
the guardrail system at both ends of the 19-foot-long scaffold platform. The painter sent the helper to the sidewalk below to receive the tools and paint
buckets. While lowering the materials to his helper, the painter was thrown from the scaffold platform when the platform tipped over. He died. The
employees were not using fall protection, and the scaffold was not tied off.
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