Construction laborer dies from injuries received in a 33-foot fall through a skylight opening.

Archer, Pam; Mallonee, Sue

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE99OK009

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Construction laborer dies from injuries received in a 33-foot fall through a skylight opening.

2000/04/04
By Archer, Pam ; Mallonee, Sue
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Archer, Pam ; Mallonee, Sue

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Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE) ; Oklahoma. State Department of Health ; Oklahoma. Injury Prevention Service

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A 50-year-old laborer for a construction contractor died on March 30, 1999 from head injuries he received that day in a fall through a skylight opening. At the time of the incident, the victim was part of a two-man crew installing sealing tape on metal roof decking. The laborer stood, turned, and stepped through a skylight opening that had been uncovered in preparation for installing the skylight and roof decking. Co-workers called 911 and attempted to administer CPR. Emergency medical services arrived within five minutes of the incident, but the injuries sustained by the laborer in the fall were sufficiently severe to cause death within approximately two hours of the incident. FACE investigators concluded that, to help prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1. develop fall protection systems and work practices that provide protection from falling through holes (including skylight openings) for all employees who work at heights of 6 feet or more above lower levels and provide training for all workers in the use of such practices and systems; and 2. consider installing skylight fixtures that are sufficiently strong to support at least twice the weight of employees, equipment, and materials that may be imposed on the fixture at any one time. These skylight fixtures should be secured and marked to provide warning of the fall hazard.
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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 6 Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Protective-measures Roofing-and-sheet-metal-work Roofing-industry Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Training Traumatic-injuries Warning-signs Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Falls - Construction - Commercial (0020) ; Falls - Construction - Roofs (0031)

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Falls (0007) ; Falls - Construction - Commercial (0020) ; Falls - Construction - Roofs (0031) Less -
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
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State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE99OK009
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 6

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CIO:

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

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-6
NIOSHTIC Number:

20027738
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2010-114204
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 99OK009, 2000 Apr; :1-6
Federal Fiscal Year:

2000
Performing Organization:

Oklahoma State Department of Health
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1997/07/01
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-99OK009
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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