Roofer Dies Following 22-Foot Fall From Residence

Details

• Personal Author:
  Ray, Thomas D. ; Roberts, Daryl W.
• Corporate Authors:
  Missouri Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MO FACE) ; Missouri. Department of Health
• Description:
  A 40-year-old roofer (victim) died after falling approximately 22 feet from a second story roof. The victim had contracted with the home owners to re-roof their two-story residence on evenings and weekends. The victim's usual occupation was as a union-employed commercial roofer. Though the incident was unwitnessed, it appears the victim had been applying shingles along the back portion of the residence's second story roof. The victim had a safety rope secured around a chimney with loops tied approximately every three feet. He may not have been utilizing the rope at the time of the incident, and his safety belt was found in his vehicle. The owners reported that he did wear a safety belt while working. The MO FACE Investigator concluded that in order to prevent similar occurrences: 1. Employers and self-employed persons should ensure that fall protection equipment is used where the potential for a fall from an elevation exists.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 7 Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Protective-measures Roofers Roofing-industry Safety-belts Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Residential ; Falls - Construction - Roofs
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE95MO074
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:20026251
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-110214
• 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 95MO074, 1996 Jan ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Performing Organization:
  Missouri Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2002/03/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f368b9895c4b3610e1932d964050393980e398ce3a96a8f6c3ebc795d2c3f8f2ad002541a99269a5f1b44c5c04006b864cc785d62a1e9fbdbc23b65e2e87544b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170276/cdc_170276_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 18.71 KB ]