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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 132846.015 - One Employee Is Killed And One Is Injured In Fall From Suspe

**Accident: 132846.015 -- Report ID: 0625500 -- Event Date: 01/29/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1512457.015	01/29/2021		Gulf State Protective Coating, Inc.

At 11:55 a.m. on January 29, 2021, two employees worked from a suspended scaffol d to conduct an inspection of the interior of a water tank for pen holes after s andblasting. At some point, the scaffold collapsed at one end and the employees fell approximately thirty-five feet. Employee #1 was killed by multiple blunt fo rce trauma injuries on the employee's body and Employee #2 was hospitalized to t reat head and chest blunt force trauma injuries.

Keywords: blunt force trauma, chest, collapse, fall, head, inspecting, sandblasting, scaffold, scaffold collapse, torso, two pt susp scaffold, water tank

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair				185	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Construction
1	1512457.015	55	M	Fatality		FallDist: 35 FallHt: Cause: FatCause:

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