Project Manager Dies after Falling through Skylight

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• Personal Author:
  Mosley, Beau
• Corporate Authors:
  Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  On January 30, 2023, a 59-year-old roofing project manager (victim) was performing a post-purchase roof inspection for the buyer of a commercial warehouse. In the process, the victim stepped on a polycarbonate skylight and fell to the surface below. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS - Key contributing factors identified in this investigation include: 1) Failure to recognize job hazards, 2) Failure to guard skylights with railings or skylight screen, 3) Failure to utilize fall protection when working at heights, 4) Failure to enforce the use of fall protection. RECOMMENDATIONS - Kentucky FACE investigators concluded that, to help prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1) Implement a job hazard analysis process
  
  2) Guard skylights with railings or a skylight screen
  
  3) Require and enforce the use of fall protection when working at heights above 6 feet
  
  4) Consider prevention through design (PtD) to "design out" or minimize hazards and risk.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Construction Industry Hazardous Substances Mortality Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Fall Protection Falls Fatalities Hazard Recognition Injury Prevention OSHA Region 4 Prevention Through Design PTD Roofers Roofing Industry Safety Practices Training

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Commercial ; Prevention through Design (PtD) ; Falls - Construction - Roofs
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE23KY00901
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067781
• 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 23KY00901, 2023 Apr ; :1-11
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS) ; 238160 - Roofing Contractors - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2005/07/01
• End Date:
  2026/06/30
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c382afd8f469a305458b744722c4985e311e8c22bb82102c9528a2078b919255fb6826247becbf0bc1d0af1c9c88f998ce39adbcfd8ff482fe9a4225da807984
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/164843/cdc_164843_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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