Massachusetts Bakery Worker Fatally Injured in a Fall from a Stepladder

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• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  On May 6, 1999, a 48-year-old male shipper for a bakery was fatally injured when he fell from a stepladder located in a walk-in storage freezer. At the time of the incident, the victim was alone inside the freezer while using a new eight-foot fibrous glass stepladder. Office employees of the bakery heard a noise and went to find out what had caused it. They found the victim lying on the floor of the freezer with his feet on the rung closest to the floor. Two employees stayed with the victim while a third called for help. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The MA FACE Program concluded that to prevent similar occurrences in the future employers should: 1. Evaluate each task and match specific equipment needed to complete each task. 2. Develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive safety program that includes training for all employees in hazard recognition and in the proper use of equipment.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 1 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Step-ladders Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Falls ; Foreign Born Workers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE99MA026
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• 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:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033072
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2008-105059
• 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 99MA026, 2001 Jan ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1992/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a3ca55077440095f08e857d493c5dfb101df6285a1b8d5e877400f4d4cc968aa0f1984c389a0ac63937eff7689ce29d72dda02f4c0036846aec845bd64792786
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166219/cdc_166219_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 71.39 KB ]