New Jersey Painter/De-Leader Dies in Fall from Suspended Scaffold in Water Tank in Massachusetts

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE95MA027

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New Jersey Painter/De-Leader Dies in Fall from Suspended Scaffold in Water Tank in Massachusetts

1997/01/02
By Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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English

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Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health

Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health Less -
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On August 3, 1995, a 45 year old male died, and a co-worker was injured, when the powered suspended platform on which they were working collapsed. The two men were hanging spray paint lines inside a 5.3 million gallon municipal water tank when the incident occurred. As the platform was descending the wall of the tank, one of two wire ropes suspending the platform broke. One end of the platform collapsed causing both men to fall to the sand covered bottom of the steel tank. Following prompt emergency response, the one worker was airlifted to a regional hospital where he survived serious injuries, while the victim was transported to a local hospital where he was officially pronounced dead less than forty-five minutes following the incident. The MA FACE Program concluded that to prevent similar future occurrences, employers should: 1. Ensure that employees engaged in operations on suspended work platforms are provided fall protection equipment to be used at all times. 2. Ensure that wire rope used in suspended scaffolds is in proper condition before every shift. 3. Train all employees in the identification and control of hazards during the assembly, operation and use of powered suspended scaffolds.
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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Equipment-operators Equipment-reliability Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 1 Painters Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Scaffolds Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022)

All (0000) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE95MA027
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1

Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-5
NIOSHTIC Number:

20028462
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2012-110772
Citation:

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 95MA027, 1997 Jan; :1-5
Federal Fiscal Year:

1997
Performing Organization:

Massachusetts Department of Health
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1992/09/30
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-95MA027
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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