Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14491955 - Employee killed when tower scaffold platform falls

Accident Summary Nr: 14491955 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 04/24/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101149474	04/24/1990	1799	0	D&V Tank Service

Abstract: On April 29, 1990, Employee #1, a welder-boilermaker for a Pennsylvania tank erection company, was installing the roof sheets on the last of four tanks erected on the premises of a chemical plant in Patterson, NJ. Employee #1 was standing on a single-plank platform of a tubular welded steel scaffold tower which had been erected in the center of a 40 ft diameter outside storage tank (tank #4). He was fitting and tack welding the sheets to a hanging ring that was standing on planks on two sides of the guardrails. When the scaffold tower kicked back and collapsed against the inside tank wall, Employee #1 fell forward with the steel ring 33 ft to the base. One of two welded roof sheets then broke loose and fell into the tank, also striking Employee #1. He died.

Keywords: WORK RULES, WELDER, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STRUCK BY, TANK, ROOF PANEL, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101149474			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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