Roofer Dies After Gust of Wind Knocks Him And A Co-Worker Off Roof

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• 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:
  Around 11:00 a.m. on a windy fall day, a 73-year-old roofer and a roofing coworker arrived at the commercial construction site to roof a newly constructed building. The two roofers climbed an extension ladder to access the roof to determine where they were going to place their anchors to tie off. While reviewing the backside of the commercial structure, a gust of wind around 33 m.p.h. made the two roofers lose their balance and fall from the roof. The 73-year-old roofer landed first and the second roofer landed on top of him. Both men fell 15 feet and 6 inches and landed on a sloped grassy area. To prevent future occurrences of similar incidents, the following recommendations have been made: Recommendation No. 1: Employers should not allow their roofers to access roofing areas in times of windy, wet, or icy or conditions to prevent falls. Recommendation No. 2: A roofer should use a personal fall protection system during all phases of a roofing job. Recommendation No. 3: Employers should have a written fall protection program in place. Recommendation No. 4: Employers should fully plan their fall protection system before it is used.
• Content Notes:
  Date supplied by FACE Program. Publication date not indicated on resource.
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Author Keywords: Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Fall-protection Fall Protection Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 4 Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Roofers Roofing Roofing-industry Safety-measures Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Residential ; Falls - Construction - Roofs
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE13KY059
• 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:
  6 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045678
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2015-102783
• 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 13KY059, 2014 Dec ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (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:e5c9462c29013a26e48f2e25b2692742a5762ace1c05d3398d684a465af48ebd9755597501554c88d5195711277b80d3f9589c2a8787ca2592bb0c5eaf206d2a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/165100/cdc_165100_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 390.36 KB ]