Journeyman Mason Died After Stepping Backward Off a Raised Mobile Scaffold

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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:
  On the winter of 2008, a 32-year-old male journeyman mason died as a result of falling from an unguarded working surface of a Hydro Mobile 2 scaffold raised to 35 feet. The scaffold had recently been lowered and moved to its present location. The competent persons erecting the scaffold did not re-install the guardrails at the ends of the working platform nor install the proper planking prior to raising the scaffold. The scaffold was repositioned in a north-south direction and then raised to 35 feet above the ground. The decedent was installing backing rod and his coworker was caulking. The two workers worked in a south to north direction, moving backwards on the work platform. The decedent fell from the unguarded edge to the concrete surface below. Emergency response was called, and the decedent was taken to a local hospital. He died in the emergency room. RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. Employers should ensure that all required components of a scaffold are properly installed prior to employee use. 2. Employers should routinely conduct scheduled and unscheduled workplace safety inspections. 3. Employers should periodically evaluate their organizational commitment and leadership and employee understanding regarding their safety program. 4. Employers should institute a Health and Safety (H&S) Committee as part of their health and safety program.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Men Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Hazards Humans Injuries Injury-prevention Morbidity-rates Mortality-rates Personal-protective-equipment Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries Work-areas Workers

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Commercial ; Falls - Construction - Scaffolds
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE08MI009
• 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:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040296
• 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 08MI009, 2009 Jun ; :1-11
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• 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-512:0193968243bbfc4575b0dd2e40e94835a140538f37b3c1f1efbf86636bc3e6da39c28b0df768d9ad4a8990f2d316b3340128508f895986067c12f23bf30b0ce4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/165228/cdc_165228_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 271.85 KB ]