A Plumber Dies When He Falls from the Second Floor of a Building after Stepping on Unsupported Plywood Formwork

Cierpich, Hank; Styles, Laura; Harrison, Robert

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE11CA001

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A Plumber Dies When He Falls from the Second Floor of a Building after Stepping on Unsupported Plywood Formwork

2012/01/05
By Cierpich, Hank ; Styles, Laura ; Harrison, Robert
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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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 plumber fell approximately 25 feet from the second floor of a new building under construction. The victim stepped from a concrete section of the second floor onto a piece of plywood from which the vertical shoring had just been removed. The plywood collapsed under his weight and he fell to the floor below. The CA/FACE investigator determined that, in order to prevent future incidents, construction contractors of buildings under multi-floor construction should ensure that workers do not walk on plywood sheets while vertical shoring is removed. In addition, contractors installing and removing horizontal shoring should develop and implement a system that clearly identifies the vertical shoring parts that are to be removed and those that are to remain in place.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Construction-industry Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 9 Plumbers Traumatic-injuries Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Falls - Construction - Commercial (0020) ; ... More +

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Falls - Construction - Commercial (0020) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025) ; Construction (0038) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE11CA001
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

California ; OSHA Region 9

California ; OSHA Region 9 Less -
CIO:

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

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-8
NIOSHTIC Number:

20040884
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2012-110762
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 11CA001, 2012 Jan; :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-11CA001
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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