A House Painter Dies When He Falls Through a Roof Opening

Cierpich, Hank; Styles, Laura; Harrison, Robert

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE11CA005

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A House Painter Dies When He Falls Through a Roof Opening

2012/05/18
By Cierpich, Hank ; Styles, Laura ; Harrison, Robert
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Personal Author:

Cierpich, Hank ; Styles, Laura ; Harrison, Robert

Cierpich, Hank ; Styles, Laura ; Harrison, Robert Less -
Corporate Authors:

California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Branch

California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Branch Less -
Description:

A house painter died when he fell through a roof opening on a private residence. For color matching purposes, the victim had gone up on the roof to retrieve a paint sample from a weather vane which was located on the roof of the residence garage adjacent to the roof opening. As he crossed the roof to the weather vane, he tripped and fell through the opening 15 feet to the breezeway floor below. There were no safeguards in place to prevent the fall through the opening. The work crew included the company owner, the owner's son, and the victim. They were on and off the roof several times over the past four weeks on the job. Key contributing factors identified in this investigation include unguarded roof openings, lack of employee training, and lack of a job hazard assessment to determine potential risk factors employees may encounter. The CA/FACE investigator determined that, in order to prevent falls through roof openings, employers of house painters should develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive written Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) that includes hazard recognition, worker training in the language(s) and at the literacy level(s) of workers, and procedures on how to protect against unsafe conditions.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Construction Construction-industry Construction-materials Construction-workers Fall-protection Height-factors Injuries Injury-prevention Mortality-data OSHA Region 9 Painters Painting Racial-factors Safety-education Surveillance Training Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Falls - Construction - Residential (0021) ; ... More +

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Falls - Construction - Residential (0021) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022) ; Falls - Construction - Roofs (0031) ; Construction (0038) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE11CA005
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

California ; OSHA Region 9

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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:

20041597
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2013-101341
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 11CA005, 2012 May; :1-8
Federal Fiscal Year:

2012
Performing Organization:

California 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-11CA005
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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