Two Worker Lives Could Have Been Saved by Fall Protection
OSHA said the October death of two commercial painters could have been prevented.
A scaffolding collapse in southern Ohio left two workers dead and two families in mourning.
The two deaths, OSHA said, were preventable.
Florjan Nilaj, 25, and Gazmend Vukaj, 40, had traveled 260 miles to Oxford, Ohio from their home in Michigan to paint a 123-foot-tall water tower for V & T Painting LLC.
They were working on an electric two-point scaffold on Oct. 24, 2014, when the scaffold’s hoist failed and the nylon suspension rope broke, causing the scaffold to collapse.
