An Ironworker Dies When He Falls 50 Feet Through a Floor Opening.

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• Personal Author:
  Cierpich, Hank ; Harrison, Robert ; Styles, Laura
• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Branch
• Description:
  A 24 year-old Hispanic ironworker died after falling through a floor opening on a building platform. The victim and two co-workers were evaluating a job they were to undertake at a later date when the incident occurred. The platform on which they were standing was approximately 50 feet above the ground. The hole through which the victim fell had a cover, but it was not secured in place. The cover did not have any marking on it to indicate what it was being used for. The victim was wearing fall protective equipment but was not tied off. The CA/FACE investigator determined that, in order to prevent future occurrences, employers, as part of their Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) should: 1. Ensure that proper procedures are followed when employees are working around elevated floor openings.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Education Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Race Factors Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 9 Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Protective-measures Racial-factors Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Warning-signs Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls - Construction ; Hispanic ; Foreign Born Workers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE07CA009
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035380
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2010-110537
• 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 07CA009, 2007 Jun ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Institute
• 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-512:74e3da3528fdd6b29fcdee13db1c3e131b3dbd619fe6139fa7e9b3762782701fc14dff6f7ef6e99637dcc34f6ee7b28aca80a32e45fbe214b6e53031a6d200da
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166165/cdc_166165_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 813.46 KB ]