Construction Worker Killed After Falling Through a Wall Opening In A Stairwell

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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 October 27, 1995, a 54-year-old construction worker died after falling 16 feet through a wall opening on the first floor of a grocery store being renovated. The victim was assisting in the construction of a wall near an enclosed stairwell leading to the basement. He was apparently standing on an eight-foot-high ladder to align a chalk line when he fell through a three-by-three foot wall opening in the top of the framing for the stairwell. He fell approximately 16 feet, striking the cement stairs leading into the basement of the building. NJ FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, these safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers should ensure that all floor and wall openings are properly guarded. 2. Employers should develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive employee safety program which includes ladder use and safety. 3. Employers should conduct a job hazard analysis of all work activities with the participation of the workers. 4. Employers with multiple-language shops should have written materials and signs in languages and/or symbols that the employees can understand. 5. Employers should become familiar with available resources on safety standards and safe work practices.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Ladders OSHA Region 2 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Work-areas Work-environment Work-operations Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Commercial ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE96NJ024
• 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:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026626
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2014-103482
• 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 96NJ024, 1996 Sep ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• 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-512:8424dc028f77afa62a646f84172e41f20bbdbcb1429929bf6c2708105bfd3dedb480d715016322468ecb3198ecfacd85631ce09c68db4abfceab0a839aafe5f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170052/cdc_170052_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 69.04 KB ]