Bridge Painter Falls 364 Feet After Suspension Scaffold Collapses

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On September 8, 1992, a 34-year-old male bridge painter died after falling 364 feet when a supporting rope on his two-point suspension scaffold broke. The incident occurred while the victim and a co-worker were moving the scaffold along the main supporting cable of a large suspension bridge. The crew was moving the scaffold into position when one of two supporting ropes broke, causing one end of the scaffold to collapse. The victim, who was not using fall protection, tumbled out of the scaffold and fell to his death. The co-worker was hooked onto the scaffold and was rescued with minor injuries. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, these safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers should ensure that the proper scaffolding is selected and used within design specifications. 2. Employers should ensure that all scaffold safety devices are in place and operational. 3. Employers should ensure that appropriate fall protection is provided and used by all employees working at elevations. 4. Employers and employees should conduct a job hazard analysis to identify and correct potential hazards.
• Content Notes:
  Formerly 92NJ027
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Health Paint Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 2 Painters Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Scaffolds Traumatic-injuries Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Commercial ; Falls - Construction - Scaffolds
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE92NJ035
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026534
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-104910
• 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 92NJ035, 1993 Feb ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0b8076577197fc90bb550cdce18b9e6e04615158d074f1b8c4d9a8e1a269263cfc4ef143b672e5d88c697515fa11a14ed3bc66acddbbcdc7e77bce80cac11da3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170112/cdc_170112_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 85.49 KB ]