Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201270154 - Employee killed in fall from top of water tower

Accident Summary Nr: 201270154 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 08/16/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300956893	08/20/1996	1721	0	H & A Industrial Painting, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, age 20, was repainting an approximately 96 ft high water tower. He rode the spider to the top of the water tank to move the rigging. He fell from the top of the tower and was killed. Although the employees had been supplied with, and were required to wear, fall protection in the form of safety belts, Employee #1 was not wearing one at the time of the accident.

Keywords: WATER TOWER, WORK RULES, SAFETY BELT, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, PAINTER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300956893			Fatality	Other	Painters, construction and maintenance

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