Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200998615 - Employee falls from suspended scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200998615 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 05/26/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311256341	05/27/2010	1721	238320	G.C. Zarnas & Co. Inc.

Abstract: On May 26, 2010, Employee#1 of G.C. Zarnas & Co. Inc., was fatally injured in a fall from a suspended scaffold. The fatality involved a two point suspension scaffold which was rigged inside a water tank for painting the inside of the tank. The scaffold was suspended on one side from a 37 inch I-beam which was placed over a 24 inch vent opening on top of the tank. The other side was suspended from a 1 inch steel bar placed over a 2 inch coupling hole at the top of the tank. The I-beam was not secured to the structure. On the day of the accident the I-beam fell though the vent opening causing one end of the scaffold to fall. Employee #1 was tied off to a lifeline, however the 5/8 inch rope lifeline which went through the same vent opening as the suspension rope of the scaffold was cut by the sharp edge of the vent opening and Employee #1 fell approximately 33 to 34 feet to his death.

Keywords: LIFELINE, FALL, SUSPENSION STRAND, WATER TANK, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311256341			Fatality	Other	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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