Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14547483 - Employee killed in fall to bottom of tank

Accident Summary Nr: 14547483 -- Report ID: 1032700 -- Event Date: 09/14/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18167650	10/02/1992	3731	0	West State, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18167569	09/15/1992	3731	0	Sipco Services & Marine, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 p.m. on September 14, 1992, Employee #1 was beginning his final walk of the starboard overhead ribs in the two center tanks on the Keystone Canyon. Rope walking is done to install anchor points, S-hooks on which scaffolds are hung and worked from to clean and inspect the ship's bulkheads. A rope walker has only two pieces of rope with stirrups on one end and steel hooks on the other end. With momentum and strength he is able to hook and unlock the rope from the rat holes in the ribs at the top of the tank, then move out the tank. Employee #1 was not tied off, and when he missed the hole for the hook of his rope, he fell approximately 80 feet to the bottom of the tank and was killed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, FALL, TANK, TIE-OFF

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18167650					Occupation Not Listed
2	18167569			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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