Plumbing Supply Warehouse Worker Dies in a Fall From a Raised Order Picker - Massachusetts

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• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  On May 29, 2008 a 53-year-old male warehouse worker (victim) for a plumbing supply company was fatally injured when he fell from a raised order picker he was operating. The victim was accessing a toilet located on a top section of shelving when he fell approximately 16 feet from the raised order picker onto the concrete floor below. A co-worker discovered the victim and ran to the office area where another co-worker called for emergency medical services (EMS). EMS and the local police department arrived within minutes. The victim was then transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Massachusetts FACE Program concluded that to prevent similar occurrences in the future, employers should: 1.) Ensure warehouse management systems require heavy items to be stored on lower shelves that are clearly labeled ; 2.) Ensure that fall protection equipment is worn by employees exposed to fall hazards ; 3.) Adopt and enforce a mandatory tie-off / no unhook policy for order picker operators ; 4.) Provide employees comprehensive training on powered industrial trucks ; 5.) Ensure that employees operating order pickers have a state required hoisting license ; and 6.) Develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive written safety and health program that includes topics such as powered industrial trucks and fall protection.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Manufacturing and Industrial Facilities
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  • Safety Management
  • Staff Development
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 1
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-potential
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Equipment-operators
  • Industrial-education
  • Industrial-environment
  • Industrial-hazards
  • Injuries
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Falls ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE08MA026
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037970
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2011-102717
• 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 08MA026, 2010 Mar ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  42 - Wholesale Trade - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2005/07/01
• End Date:
  2026/06/30
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/165262/cdc_165262_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 244.83 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7e9f3725606bc5971d97e03d02b65371942b6f8b8f71e257c322bbbbef1cfe61a5239bfba9f9b4ea77e806b5f19c11f609ca6d028eaba49cc77400b7995974c5