Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201856291 - Two employees are killed in fall when scaffold cable broke

Accident Summary Nr: 201856291 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 06/18/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304294283	06/18/2002	1629	236210	The Currens Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 6:30 a.m. on June 18, 2002, Employees #1 and #2 were working from a suspended work platform inside an empty 200,000-gallon-capacity water tank. They were parching the side walls of the tank in preparation for the application of an intermediate protective layer when a suspension cable on the scaffold broke. Employees #1 and #2 fell 27 ft to the bottom of the water tank and were killed.

Keywords: BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, PAINTER, WATER TANK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000		40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304294283			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 32 feet Cause: Waterproofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	304294283			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 32 feet Cause: Waterproofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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