Accident Report Detail
Accident: 130038.015 - One Employee Is Killed, Four Are Injured When Scaffold Tips
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
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1495724.015 | 10/05/2020 | Preload, Llc |
At 8:00 a.m. on October 5, 2020, Employee #1 and four coworkers including a fore man, employed by a construction company specializing in concrete tanks, were pai nting interior joints of a two million gallon water storage tank. They were wor king from a scaffold mounted on an employer-fabricated rolling base. As the cow orkers attempted to move the scaffold, one of the scaffold wheels slipped into a 9-inch deep hole in the concrete floor. The scaffold tipped over. Employee #1 fell 30 feet to the concrete surface, sustained blunt force traumatic injuries, and was killed. His four coworkers fell from lower levels of the scaffold. Th e coworkers received treatment for their injuries, but none required hospitaliza tion.
End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
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Tower, tank, storage elevator | New project or new addition | 5 | X |
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 1495724.015 | 33 | M | Fatality | Painters, construction and maintenance | FallDist: 30 FallHt:30 Cause: Interior painting and decorating FatCause: |