Sheet metal worker falls off step ladder and dies in California

Details

• Personal Author:
  Guerriero, Judie ; Harrison, Robert ; Tibben, Richard W.
• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Health Services. Occupational Health Branch
• Description:
  A 46-year-old sheet metal worker (decedent) died when he fell off an 8-foot step ladder and struck his head on the edge of a metal floor plate. The employer was performing sheet metal work on a hospital addition. The decedent was working with his right foot on the 5th step at the 4-foot, 9-inch level and the left foot on the step above. He was adding a fire damper to a previously installed sheet metal plenum. According to a co-worker, the decedent fell when the ladder spun around catching the decedent's legs in the ladder. The CA/FACE investigator determined that, in order to prevent future occurrences, employers should: 1. ensure employees use ladders in a safe manner. 2. ensure employees reposition ladders or use alternate means to access work safely.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Ladders OSHA Region 9 Protective-equipment Protective-measures Roofing-and-sheet-metal-work Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Step-ladders Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Commercial ; Falls - Construction - Ladders
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE98CA006
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027187
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-111653
• 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 98CA006, 1998 Oct ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Performing Organization:
  California Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cdfee25c36836a9b31307abbf9de75b0599a0d018377edecc4507d87655087055d6aa76755b8d1b089d04676e5072390d6d65041c1a4c5f5b13124781b6ceaf3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/168981/cdc_168981_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 18.14 KB ]