Roofer Falls to Death From Roof – South Carolina

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
• Description:
  The case of a roofer who fell to his death while performing reroofing activities at a private residence was examined. The victim was the owner of the roofing company which had no written safety policy, program, procedures, or training. The accident occurred as the victim was carrying shingles up to the roof after removal of the old shingles had been accomplished. A 6-foot-long section of a newly installed toeboard on which he was walking broke off, causing the victim to fall to the ground, striking his head on a flatbed trailer. Due to the severity of the injuries no first aid was performed by coworkers. Emergency medical service responded within 10 minutes, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene as a result of massive head trauma. It was recommended that employers provide fall protection to all employees exposed to fall hazards and that employers develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive safety program.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Nervous System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Construction-Search FACE-95-18 Head-injuries OSHA Region 4 Roofers Roofing-industry Traumatic-injuries Work-practices
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Residential ; Falls - Construction - Roofs
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE9518
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  South Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00230679
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB96-197751
• 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:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1995/08/03
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1d43ee52546c2c967504bf6efaea9bfa8b386aacb685fef110a391a22328b7d175f6770c859d7e0556a4a85a306998373c6003c67fdff02eb965541982f1389e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167431/cdc_167431_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 228.10 KB ]