Laborer Fatally Injured After Falling from a Home Under Construction – Massachusetts

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE16MA001

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Laborer Fatally Injured After Falling from a Home Under Construction – Massachusetts

2017/04/11
By Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health

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On January 14, 2016 a 22-year-old male laborer/carpenter (victim) employed by a residential contractor was fatally injured after falling from a single family house under construction. While on the top plate of a studded exterior second story wall, the victim lost his balance and fell approximately 24 feet to the frozen ground below. The fall was not witnessed by any of the co-workers onsite, but the site foreman heard a noise and while trying to determine what the noise was he found the victim on the ground. The site foreman placed a call for emergency medical services (EMS). EMS and local police and state police arrived within minutes. The victim was med-flighted to a regional trauma center where he was in the intensive care unit and was pronounced dead the next day. Contributing factors identified in this investigation included: employees were not protected from fall hazards and employees were not provided training. The Massachusetts FACE Program concluded that to prevent similar occurrences in the future, employers should: 1. Provide fall protection for all employees exposed to fall hazards of six feet or more; 2. Provide all employees with training on fall protection and other equipment such as ladders and scaffolding that will be used to complete tasks; and 3.Develop, implement, and enforce a safety and health program that addresses hazard recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident Analysis Accident Potential Accident Prevention Accidents Construction Construction Workers Fall Protection Falls Injuries Injury Prevention OSHA Region 1 Safety Measures Safety Practices Training Traumatic Injuries
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Falls - Construction - Residential (0021) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022) ; ... More +

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Falls - Construction - Residential (0021) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022) ; Falls - Construction - Roofs (0031) Less -
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE16MA001
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1

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CIO:

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

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-8
NIOSHTIC Number:

20050329
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 16MA001, 2017 Apr; :1-8
Federal Fiscal Year:

2017
Performing Organization:

Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

2005/07/01
End Date:

2026/06/30
Resource Number:

FACE-16MA001
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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