Carpenter Died From Extension Ladder Fall

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE) ; Michigan State University. Department of Medicine. Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Description:
  In the fall of 2010, a male carpenter in his 50's who worked for a home restoration company died when he fell an estimated 13 feet (exact height unknown) onto a concrete driveway from a 20-foot aluminum extension ladder. The decedent was performing window repairs at a residence. The decedent used a neighbor's 20-foot aluminum extension ladder rather than the company-issued 28-foot fiberglass ladder located on the work truck. Two lines from a nearby utility pole entered the home at this location. One of the two lines was a cable TV line and the second line was thought to be a phone line but this could not be confirmed. He placed the ladder against the outside of the home under the entering lines to reach a second story window located 19 feet 7 inches above the ground. The ladder was extended to its working height of 17 feet and positioned 4 feet 6 inches from the wall. The ladder was rated for a 200 pound individual
  
  the decedent weighed 231 pounds. The lines were located between the decedent and the ladder. The decedent had an unwitnessed fall. The decedent lived directly next door to the jobsite and was scheduled to have computer work done at his home on the day of the incident. When the computer repair person arrived and did not find the deceased at home, he called his cell phone. The repairman heard the decedent's cell phone ringing. He followed the sound to the incident location and found the decedent on the driveway. He called for emergency response. The ladder was propped against the home and an unidentified line had been disconnected from the home. The decedent was declared dead at the scene. Known Contributing Factors: 1. Ladder selection not appropriate. 2. Ladder training not conducted.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Men Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Author Keywords: Ladder Construction Construction-equipment Construction-workers Fall Fall-protection Humans Injuries Injury-prevention Ladders OSHA Region 5 Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Risk-factors Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Training Traumatic-injuries Weight-factors Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Residential ; Falls - Construction - Ladders
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE10MI137
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041845
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-103217
• 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 10MI137, 2012 May ; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• 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-512:8032185c7a5d204fbc10324cee4badf20d8cfc548482f022370991cbe7ff57e99737c10ce1b999699730b8cfb4e88dcec74589fcd2ffaae8d1a294e803582ead
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/165188/cdc_165188_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 212.69 KB ]