Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200370211 - One Employee Killed, One Injured When Drum Hoist Fails
Accident: 200370211 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 06/23/1998 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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301769485 | 06/25/1998 | 1721 | Shane Davis & Associates | ||||
Employees #1 and #2 were being lowered in a personnel basket that was attached to a drum hoist and supported on the guys of a 2,000-ft-tall television tower. The intended procedure was for the basket to be lowered and then hoisted back up the 45-degree guys, with the employees painting the guys while ascending. The platform basket had descended between 150 and 200 ft from the tower when the drum hoist gear mechanism failed and the basket went into a free fall down the guy until it struck the ground. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2, age 16, sustained injuries that required hospitalization. | |||||||
Keywords:
drum hoist, maintenance, communication tower, hoisting mechanism, construction, descending, equipment failure, hoist, guy, fall
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Tower, tank, storage elevator | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | 2000 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 301769485 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Painters, construction and maintenance | FallDist: FallHt:2000 Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket) |
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2 | 301769485 | Fatality | Other | Painters, construction and maintenance | FallDist: FallHt:2000 Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket) |