Construction Worker Dies as a Result of an 11-Foot Fall From Unguarded Residential Deck

Details

• Personal Author:
  Clark, Donald B. ; Ray, Thomas D. ; Roberts, Daryl W.
• Corporate Authors:
  Missouri Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MO FACE) ; Missouri. Department of Health
• Description:
  A 46-year-old construction worker died as a result of an 11-foot fall from an unguarded residential deck. The victim was finishing a screen door on the deck when he may have been attacked by stinging insects in the area. In the victim's attempt to escape the area, he fell from the deck and landed on dirt, rocks, and building materials. The MO FACE investigator concluded that in order to prevent future similar occurrences employers should: 1. install and maintain railings around all open-sided floors, platforms, and runways when the height exceeds four feet. 2. develop, implement and enforce a comprehensive safety program that includes, but is not limited to, training in hazard recognition and avoidance.
• 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
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Construction Construction-industry Construction-materials Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 7 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries

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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/NIOSHSFACE94MO120
• 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:
  7 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026244
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-110207
• 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 94MO120, 1994 Nov ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• 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-512:87bc0a0f477777491e9e0eeb853165d265bd16f5670f1a8f346595eb8c1a2e21a7b2a10cae4943869739d075beec8322efceea48a837e4109d79081093433ae6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170283/cdc_170283_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 16.30 KB ]