Caulking Mechanic Dies in Fall when Scaffold Fails

doi:10.26616/NIOSHFACE8929

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Caulking Mechanic Dies in Fall when Scaffold Fails

1989/08/08
By National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Description:

A 33 year old male caulking mechanic died when the scaffold on which he was working failed, causing him to fall 60 feet to the ground. The employer was a caulking contractor with 13 workers, including seven caulking mechanics. The company has been in existence for 52 years and has no formal safety program. The victim had been employed by the company for 16 years, the last 12 as a caulking mechanic. On the morning of the accident, the victim and one coworker went to the site of a newly constructed seven story building to continue a caulking job they had started several days earlier. When they arrived a window washing contractor was on site and had already rigged a powered 2 point suspended scaffold on the building. The victim and a window washer decided to share the suspended scaffold while two remaining coworkers shared the personnel lift. Although the victim had safety belts and lifelines at the site, neither group of workers used this personal protective equipment. While lowering the scaffold, the end where the victim stood suddenly dropped to a vertical position. The victim fell 60 feet to the packed earth. The window washer clung to the other end for 25 minutes and was rescued.
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Subjects:

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Occupational Health Safety
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Accident-analysis Construction-industry Construction-Search Construction-workers FACE-89-29 OSHA Region 3 Safety-education Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Falls - Construction - Commercial (0020) ; Falls - Construction - Scaffolds (0032)

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Falls - Construction - Commercial (0020) ; Falls - Construction - Scaffolds (0032) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

NIOSH (In-House)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE8929
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Virginia ; OSHA Region 3

Virginia ; OSHA Region 3 Less -
CIO:

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

DSR - Division of Safety Research
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

3 pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

00199108
NTIS Accession Number:

PB91-212837
Citation:

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 89-29, 1989 Aug; :1-6
Federal Fiscal Year:

1989
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1989/03/15
Resource Number:

FACE-89-29
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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