Carpenter Dies After Falling Into a Stairwell While Installing a Staircase

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On June 12, 1998, a 44-year-old carpenter died after falling 21 feet into a stairwell while trying to install a wooden staircase. The victim was helping to install the stairs at the construction site of a single-family home. He and a co-worker were attempting to install a pre-made flight of stairs into the stairwell when the stairs slipped. The victim, who was holding the stairs on the landing above the co-worker, apparently lost his balance and fell into the basement of the building. NJ FACE investigators concluded that, to prevent similar incidents in the future, these safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Workers must use fall protection when working near floor openings with a fall hazard greater than six feet. 2. Employers should become familiar with available resources on safety standards and safe work practices.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards OSHA Region 2 Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-environment Work-operations Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Residential ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE98NJ055
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:20026686
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-100198
• 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 98NJ055, 1999 Feb ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7c3fb206842aa1b72549db8a90169eb9b649c346dfd52a2ad640e6a2bd2510d0b12e7cdcddc35953d7f392fb42d0f9bef0eedd1a5f8c12dcc36cbf81636ec903
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169247/cdc_169247_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 28.53 KB ]