Demolition Laborer Dies After Falling 23 Feet Through a Skylight

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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 March 11, 1995, a 38-year-old demolition laborer was killed after falling 23 feet through a skylight while working on a warehouse roof. The victim was returning from a coffee break and was last seen walking across the roof toward his work area. A few moments later, his co-workers heard a crash and found him on the cement warehouse floor under the broken skylight. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, these safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Follow the OSHA standard 29 CFR 1926 .500(b)(4) which requires that skylights be protected with railings or covers. 2. Conduct a hazard assessment of the work site during the planning stages of the project. 3. Develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive employee safety program.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Hazards Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 2 Roofing-and-sheet-metal-work Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Traumatic-injuries Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Commercial ; Prevention through Design (PtD) ; Falls - Construction - Roofs
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE95NJ031
• 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:20026610
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2014-105060
• 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 95NJ031, 1995 Sep ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• 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-512:50daf8f5923154a9689690adeff22a8a93fa27222a2d2c7df4c261c6732c88aca0b13a843f2176be11401c053939392b206b1a9f8f4970440a19e26649630658
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170062/cdc_170062_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 17.82 KB ]