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Accident: 200604080 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Parking Garage

Accident: 200604080 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 09/16/2008
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
31131558409/16/20081799Southwest Sealants, Inc.
On September 16, 2008, Employee #1 was using a Sky Genie, with a seatboard, to caulk the joints on the walls of a parking garage. The walls were on the first and second levels from the top. He tied the seatboard and life lines to the guard rail of a fence and went to get a drink of water. When he came back, he went over the fence and was adjusting his seatboard when the lines came loose. He fell 76 feet 2 inches to the ground, and was killed.
Keywords: bosun chair, installing, hoisting mechanism, lifeline, work rules, construction, fall, fall protection, fence, concussion
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Commercial building New project or new addition $20,000,000 and over 7 76 X
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 311315584 Fatality Concussion Occupation not reported FallDist:
FallHt:76
Cause: Waterproofing
FatCause: Fall from/with scaffold

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