Roofer Dies After Fall From Ladder–North Carolina

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
• Description:
  This case report concerned a 56-year-old male roofer who fell from a ladder about 15 feet above the ground. The roofer was employed by a company which had been contracted to replace a 27-foot-high roof on an office complex. A 40-foot fiberglass extension ladder was being used to access the roof. The victim was an experienced roofer with a 25-year work history. A fellow worker had watched the victim climb the ladder to a height of about 15 feet, and then turned away. The fellow worker heard something hit the ground behind him
  
  on turning, he observed the victim lying on his back on the gravel driveway. The cause of death was listed as pericardial tamponade and right ventricle rupture. The ladder was clean, and no foreign substance was found on the ladder. It was recommended that all employees understand the importance of exercising caution while climbing ladders and that a comprehensive written safety program be developed.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Cardiovascular System Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Cardiovascular-system Construction-Search FACE-93-22 OSHA Region 4 Roofers Roofing-industry Traumatic-injuries
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Commercial ; Falls - Construction - Ladders
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE9322
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  North 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:00217024
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-133758
• 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:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1993/06/11
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d87cabacebf5446b1ab4b37590d050833e7c0443c2fd24c822945e35794c2e88bd07388a0125b3c13ac1926b76958bd204102600bf62b3ad166a298f9d0ec063
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167497/cdc_167497_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 221.45 KB ]