A painter fell 25 feet (7.62 meters) from the top of a tank to the concrete pad below. He died of multiple traumatic injuries. The company had a contract to paint the exterior of several outdoor tanks for a food processing company. The tank had a guardrail which nearly circled the domed top. A two-foot (.61 meter) gap in the guardrail permitted worker access to the top. However, the tank did not have a permanent vertical ladder for access. In order to reach the tank top, the painters climbed a permanent vertical ladder on an adjacent tank, then used small pipes, […]