Construction Foreman Dies Following 45-Foot Fall From Roof of Condominium

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• Personal Author:
  Ray, Thomas D. ; Roberts, Daryl W. ; Stark, Daniel A.
• Corporate Authors:
  Missouri Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MO FACE) ; Missouri. Department of Health
• Description:
  On May 18, 1995, a 55-year-old construction foreman died after falling 45 feet from the roof of a four story condominium unit. The victim was on the roof with a co-worker who was installing wood-trim around a chimney enclosure when he stepped backwards off the roof. He struck two railings, one temporary wooden railing at the fourth floor of the condominium under construction and another metal railing on the first floor of an adjacent condominium before landing in a graveled area between the two condominiums. He was conscious at the scene, but later died at an area hospital. The MO FACE Investigator concluded that in order to prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1. ensure that fall protection equipment is provided and used by workers where the potential for a fall from an elevation exists
  
  2. develop, implement and enforce a comprehensive safety program that includes, but is not limited to, employee restrictions set by management on specific job duties. The plan should describe the disciplinary actions that will be taken when employees work beyond their authorized area. 3. designate a competent person to conduct scheduled and unscheduled site visits to evaluated field compliance with company safety rules and procedures.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Construction Materials Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-materials Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 7 Safety-education Safety-engineering Safety-equipment Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Safety-programs Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Commercial ; Falls - Construction - Roofs
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE95MO049
• 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:
  5 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026246
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-110210
• 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 95MO049, 1995 Dec ; :1-5
• 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-512:241ee46a8920e2727cbd5a032dc8b597011e51b5fb4999785ceace5211e4b08c7e223183d487ec9085e2029642e6950b0621fe2a28b3bf8348989ae80d633c95
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170281/cdc_170281_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 19.99 KB ]