Self-Employed Residential Contractor Dies in Ten Foot Fall Through Floor Opening on Massachusetts Construction Site

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE99MA022

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Self-Employed Residential Contractor Dies in Ten Foot Fall Through Floor Opening on Massachusetts Construction Site

1999/10/26
By Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health

Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health Less -
Description:

On March 30, 1999, a 39-year-old male self-employed residential construction contractor (victim) was fatally injured when he fell 10 feet through a floor opening striking his head on the concrete chimney footing below. The victim was working with a co-worker to true up the gable end of the second floor of a single family home under construction. The victim was holding a level to the gable end wall when he apparently stepped backwards into the opening in the floor intended for a chimney. Two laborers were on the second floor level with the victim, one went to assist the victim while the other laborer went to call for emergency assistance. The local police department, fire department, and state police arrived and 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, residential contractors including self-employed contractors should: 1. Keep all holes/openings in walking/working surfaces covered throughout all phases of construction. 2. Develop a safety program that includes, but is not limited to evaluating and preventing hazards, such as those related to falls before beginning tasks.
Content Notes:

Publication Date provided by FACE program; not printed on the report.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 1 Personal-protection Protective-measures Roofing-industry Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Falls - Construction - Residential (0021) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022)

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Falls - Construction - Residential (0021) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022) Less -
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE99MA022
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1

Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 Less -
CIO:

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

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-4
NIOSHTIC Number:

20028493
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2010-115333
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 99MA022, 1999 Oct; :1-4
Federal Fiscal Year:

2000
Performing Organization:

Massachusetts Department of Health
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1992/09/30
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-99MA022
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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urn:sha-512:a13a72a52c84005505657b13377f02c5bfc564caf5b1c98e1a1702dde55cfd43376bf5607c7357251820ea67c87fc9ade34cc8b0ebef6842b75dfcadbe32552a
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