Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 593798 - Employee killed in fall from Genie chair

Accident Summary Nr: 593798 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 08/31/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18129759	09/01/1994	1721	0	A-Way Tank Services, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102679370	09/19/1994	1721	0	A-Way Tank Services, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was painting the inside of a water tank. He was sitting in a Genie chair that was being held up by two sets of 5/8 in. rope falls, one on each end of the chair. The line either slipped out of Employee #1's hands as he raised or lowered the chair, or the knot came untied. The Genie chair fell, dumping him out along side of the bowl, down through the combing to the start of the riser. He was caught by a cable stretched across the riser and the 8 in. city water supply pipe, which runs up the riser. Employee #1 sustained a concussion and was killed.

Keywords: BOSUN CHAIR, WIRE ROPE, ROPE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, CONCUSSION, WATER TANK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18129759			Fatality	Concussion	Painters, construction and maintenance
2	102679370					Occupation Not Listed

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