At 1:30 p.m. on May 14, 2000, an employee was painting the inside a 200,000-gallon potable water storage tank. At some point, the employee collapsed and was rescued from the space by two coworkers who provided CPR until emergency medical services arrived. The employee died of Cardiomegaly (enlarged heart).
Even though this death was NOT related to the PRCS work, OSHA still took serious issue with the fact that the entry did not have a rescue plan with a rescue team that had been evaluated. So I’m guessing the employer did not reclassify the 200,000-gallon potable water storage tank and entered it under an entry permit.
