Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200370211 - One employee killed, one injured when drum hoist fails

Accident Summary Nr: 200370211 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 06/23/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301769485	06/25/1998	1721	0	Shane Davis & Associates

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were being lowered in a personnel basket that was attached to a drum hoist and supported on the guys of a 2,000-ft-tall television tower. The intended procedure was for the basket to be lowered and then hoisted back up the 45-degree guys, with the employees painting the guys while ascending. The platform basket had descended between 150 and 200 ft from the tower when the drum hoist gear mechanism failed and the basket went into a free fall down the guy until it struck the ground. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2, age 16, sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: DRUM HOIST, MAINTENANCE, COMMUNICATION TOWER, HOISTING MECHANISM, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, HOIST, GUY, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		2000	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301769485			Fatality	Other	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 2000 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)
2	301769485			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 2000 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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