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

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE13KY059

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

2014/12/01
By Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center

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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.
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Date supplied by FACE Program. Publication date not indicated on resource.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Accidents 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
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Falls - Construction - Residential (0021) ; Falls - Construction - Roofs (0031)

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Falls - Construction - Residential (0021) ; Falls - Construction - Roofs (0031) Less -
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
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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

Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4 Less -
CIO:

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

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-6
NIOSHTIC Number:

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 2022)
Start Date:

2005/07/01
End Date:

2026/06/30
Resource Number:

FACE-13KY059
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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urn:sha-512:e5c9462c29013a26e48f2e25b2692742a5762ace1c05d3398d684a465af48ebd9755597501554c88d5195711277b80d3f9589c2a8787ca2592bb0c5eaf206d2a
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