Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on December 5, 2012, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were applying an epoxy coating to the interior walls and ceiling of a water tower that was 80-feet high. A one-point suspension scaffold was assembled and rigged inside the water tower in a New England Boom rigging configuration. The company's on-the-job training and standard operating procedures were such that the wire fist-grips that secured rigging connections were hand tighten only and not torqued. However, the manufacturer required that a torque wrench be used to tightened fist grips to a prescribed torque. Prior to using the suspension scaffold, Employee #1, who was trained and designated as the job task competent person, conducted a pre-use scaffold inspection and discovered rigging errors that he corrected. He added a suspension line that was routed from the diamond plate, just below the cable loop-eye, that led to the air motor and the banjo center suspension cord was rerouted from the diamond plate directly to the ground-level anchor connection. Employee #1 was not wearing a harness, body belt or independent life line. Employee #2 wore all required personal protective gear and connected his harness, body belt and independent life line. Employee #1 and Employee # 2 raised themselves approximately 65 feet and began applying epoxy coating. Employee # 1 stood at one end of the boom work platform where he applied the epoxy using a spray-gun and Employee # 2 stood at the opposite end where he operated the air motor. A banjo center suspension cord wire rope slipped causing the suspension scaffold platform to collapse and Employee #1 and Employee # 2 fell off the scaffold. Employee #1 fell approximately 65 feet to the ground and died. Employee #2 was suspended from his harness, body belt and independent life line and was transported to the hospital where he was treated and released.