Hispanic Roofer Dies After 15-Foot Fall from a Roof – North Carolina

doi:10.26616/NIOSHFACE200303

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Hispanic Roofer Dies After 15-Foot Fall from a Roof – North Carolina

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
Description:

On August 29, 2002, a 23-year-old male Hispanic roofer (the victim) died from injuries he sustained when he fell over the unprotected edge of a roof of an elementary school gymnasium to an asphalt walkway approximately 15 feet below. The victim was part of a seven-man roofing crew. He was last seen standing near the edge of the roof pulling up an additional length of power cord for the electric screw guns. No fall protection system was in place. A coworker standing nearby saw the victim fall over the edge. The foreman was working at ground level at the time of the incident and heard coworkers' calls for help. He called 911 from his cell phone while coworkers and school personnel ran to help the victim. Emergency responders arrived within a few minutes, and on observing the severity of the victim's head injury, called for a medical helicopter for transport. The medical helicopter was delayed due to weather problems. A military helicopter responded approximately 30 minutes after the incident and transported the victim to a regional trauma center where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers OSHA Region 4 Roofers Roofing-and-sheet-metal-work Roofing-industry Safety-education Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022) ; Construction (0038)

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022) ; Construction (0038) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

NIOSH (In-House)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE200303
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Construction
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4

North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4 Less -
CIO:

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

DSR - Division of Safety Research
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

8 pages
Contributor:

Higgins, Doloris N.
NIOSHTIC Number:

20022503
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2005-100557
Citation:

Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Federal Fiscal Year:

2003
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

2002/10/05
Resource Number:

FACE-2003-03
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

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