Iron Worker Dies from Injuries Received from 20-Foot Fall from Working Platform in Missouri

Details

• Personal Author:
  Hooper, Terry L. ; Ray, Thomas D. ; Roberts, Daryl W.
• Corporate Authors:
  Missouri Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MO FACE) ; Missouri. Department of Health
• Description:
  A 28-year-old iron worker fell 20 feet to his death while working from a platform supported by a forklift. The victim was installing steel sheet metal siding on a manufacturing plant. At the time of the incident, the victim and a co-worker were placing a six-foot-wide sheet of insulation onto the steel structure. The co-worker was standing at the base of the building and the victim was standing on a work platform near the roof line. The victim was attempting to attach the top edge of the insulation to the structure when he apparently lost his balance and fell from the platform to the concrete floor on the inside of the building. The Missouri Department of Health Investigator concluded that in order to prevent future similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Provide appropriate fall protection equipment to all workers who may be exposed to a fall hazard. 2. Provide railings along all sides of the work platform. 3. Develop, implement and enforce a comprehensive safety program that includes, but not limited to, training in fall hazard recognition and the use of fall protection devices. 4. Consider and address worker safety in the planning phase of construction projects.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Construction Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 7 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-programs Scaffolds

  More +
• 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/NIOSHSFACE92MO002
• 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:20026212
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-109885
• 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 92MO002, 1992 Dec ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• 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-512:44e3db93386f47799e5e40ee1f1bcbec297efa44fb49a1e473f9eb16c560deeed89c8c66f708bd32313d3e64598d2816cbf1455206f25171580c10be0ded55d2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170301/cdc_170301_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 16.55 KB ]