Journeyman Roofer Dies After 14.5 Foot Fall Through Roof Opening

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• Personal Author:
  Ray, Thomas D. ; Roberts, Daryl W.
• Corporate Authors:
  Missouri Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MO FACE) ; Missouri. Department of Health
• Description:
  On May 13, 1994 a journeyman roofer fell 14.5 feet while working on a roof. The victim and a co-worker were installing curbing around several holes cut in a flat roof. The three foot by five foot and four foot by seven foot openings were for ventilation units to be installed later. While installing curbing around one of the holes the victim fell through to the concrete floor below suffering a fatal head injury. The MO FACE Investigator determined that in order to prevent similar incidents employers should: 1. implement 29 CFR 1926.500 b and 1926.500 (f) (5) (ii), which require that wherever there is a danger of falling through a floor opening, it shall be guarded by a standard railing and toe-boards, or cover capable of supporting the maximum intended load and so installed as to prevent accidental displacement 2. when possible, install curbing at the site where equipment is to be located before the hole is cut and removed 3. install curbing from below, working from scaffolding
• 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-materials Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 7 Roofers Roofing-and-sheet-metal-work Roofing-industry Safety-education Safety-monitoring Safety-practices 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/NIOSHSFACE94MO077
• 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:20026241
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-110204
• 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 94MO077, 1995 Nov ; :1-7
• 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-512:3c0b893e077ce82f228502c3028f240c2e33ee9cec9aa35938255e0b09a40925b3d4e00a442c9f771913a0eef0df9c7394548cafb1a1c34cef5abf4d3e9f9749
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170286/cdc_170286_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 19.12 KB ]