Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 172364.015 - Employee dies from multiple trauma in fall from water tower

Accident Summary Nr: 172364.015 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 12/03/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1791479.015	12/04/2024		238990	Jk Tank Services

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on December 3, 2024, an employee working as a painter for a construction contractor was working on crew installing a water tower. The employee was trying climb from a lift onto the tower without using fall protection. The employee fell from the lift and died from multiple blunt trauma.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Competent Person, Construction, Construction vehicle, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Installing, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Painter, Safety Device, Tower, Water Tower, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition				300	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1791479.015	42	M	Fatality		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: 300 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 300 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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