Plant Supervisor Falls from Loading Dock and Dies in California

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• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Health Services
• Description:
  A 68-year-old white male plant supervisor fell approximately six feet from a loading dock and died several days later. He (victim) was climbing down from the loading dock to help co-workers unload a truck. Co-workers heard a noise and when they turned to look, they saw the victim lying on the ground. Paramedics were summoned to the scene. The CaFACE investigator concluded that, in order to prevent similar future occurrences, employers should: 1. Install stairwells in pathways that employees frequently use 2. Train employees to recognize and avoid hazards and implement safe work policies including task specific procedures 3. Have employees trained in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-hazards OSHA Region 9 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Falls
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE93CA004
• 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:20026989
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2008-100128
• 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 93CA004, 1993 Oct ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Performing Organization:
  California Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (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-512:606b3f025233e14a6111648028f0483ccdfa830293e1d253a853402c12638aefdee34428a2b1a047eac80f818e2d35886d1ad7b0b57bcd5e74b8ca7e6d97ad52
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169050/cdc_169050_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 24.26 KB ]