Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200782365 - Employee asphyxiated by life line when he falls

Accident Summary Nr: 200782365 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 04/09/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303915573	04/10/2002	1721	0	Tmi Coatings, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was refinishing the interior of an elevated water tower when one of the two pneumatic hoists on the suspended scaffolding he was working from failed. The hoist, not equipped with an independent over speed, allowed one side of the scaffold to drop. He fell from the scaffold platform and his life line became entangled in the pulleys of the second pneumatic hoist. Employee #1 was mechanically asphyxiated.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, HOIST, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000		15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303915573			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Other

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