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Municipal Lead Custodian Dies in Fall from Mobile Scaffolding – Massachusetts
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2012/01/23
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Description:On March 27, 2011 a 69-year-old male municipal custodian (victim) was fatally injured while painting an interior section of a school lobby. The victim went to the school alone early on a Sunday morning to finish painting the lobby area that was previously started. Although the incident was un-witnessed, it appears that the victim was on mobile scaffolding when he fell from the scaffolding landing on the lobby floor. The victim was found by a co-worker later that same day when the co-worker had opened the school to let in two cooks for a fundraiser event that was going to take place that afternoon. The co-worker immediately placed a call for Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Within minutes EMS and the local police arrived at the incident location and the victim was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Massachusetts FACE Program concluded that to prevent similar occurrences in the future, schools should: 1. Ensure scaffolds are erected according to the manufacturer's guidelines and OSHA standards; 2. Ensure that fall protection is available and used by employees exposed to fall hazards; 3. Implement a buddy system for custodial staff to limit working alone from heights during off hours; 4. Conduct a job safety analysis (JSA) for custodial tasks to ensure proper practices and procedures are implemented enabling the task to be performed safely; 5. Provide all custodial staff with training on scaffolding and ladders that are used to complete tasks; 6. Ensure that custodial departments develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive health and safety program; and 7. Provide work environments that, at a minimum, meet all relevant Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and industry accepted standards of practice per the Department of Labor Standards' policy.
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Pages in Document:1-9
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NIOSHTIC Number:20041003
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NTIS Accession Number:PB2012-111927
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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 11MA008, 2012 Jan; :1-9
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Federal Fiscal Year:2012
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Performing Organization:Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
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Start Date:2005/07/01
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End Date:2026/06/30
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Resource Number:FACE-11MA008
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