Plumber Dies After Falling 13 Feet Into A Stairwell While Repairing a Pipe

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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 1, 1992, a 41-year-old male plumber was fatally injured after a 13 foot fall into a stairwell. The incident occurred at a large resort hotel while the victim was repairing a leaking water pipe located above the ceiling in a stairwell. After climbing a scaffold to reach the ceiling, the victim was sitting on a large adjacent pipe when he apparently slipped off the pipe, fell through the ceiling, and landed on the stairs. He died of his injuries the next day. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, employers should adhere to the following safety guidelines: 1. Ensure that scaffolds are properly erected and positioned before allowing employees to work from them. 2. Ensure that fall protection is provided and used by workers who may be exposed to fall hazards. 3. Develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive safety program that is administered by a competent safety officer.
• Content Notes:
  Formerly 93NJ002
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 2 Plumbers Plumbing Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-personnel Safety-practices Safety-programs Scaffolds Traumatic-injuries Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Commercial
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE92NJ054
• 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:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026537
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-104913
• 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 92NJ054, 1993 May ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  72 - Accommodation and Food Services - (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-512:28cb019da22989a49edeb275322de211609a5bcf9997b2c54363dc603d5de53bf204ebdfa6a8d46329a806feb1a48012b5ecfe077c6086b74d6221cde6a71d13
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170109/cdc_170109_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 70.48 KB ]