Iron Worker Dies in Fall from a Roof Support to the Concrete Floor of a Framed Structural Steel Building

Details

• Personal Author:
  Barrett, Charles L. ; Warren, Richard L.
• Corporate Authors:
  Indiana Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (Indiana FACE) ; Indiana. State Department of Health
• Description:
  A 37-year old male iron worker (the decedent), died from injuries sustained in a fall from a roof support to the concrete floor of a framed structural steel building. The decedent was the foreman of five co-workers staging material for the next days work. The decedent sent his co-workers down when the wind became gusty about the time of the incident while remaining to secure materials. Witnesses on the ground as reported by the company safety director stated the decedent was standing on a roof support holding a piece of ridge-pan flashing when they saw the ridge-pan flashing bend around the victim due to the gusty wind conditions before he fell. The victim was not wearing fall protection equipment. Face investigators concluded, to prevent future similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Ensure that appropriate fall protection equipment is available and correctly used when working from elevations where there is danger of falling. 2. Ensure employees are instructed in the recognition, avoidance and applicable regulations concerning the hazards associated with falls. 3. Encourage workers to actively participate in workplace safety.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Ferrous Compounds Metal Workers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Construction Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Iron-workers OSHA Region 5 Traumatic-injuries
• 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/NIOSHSFACE93IN103
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:20026051
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-107196
• 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 93IN103, 1993 Nov ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Performing Organization:
  Indiana State Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1992/09/30
• End Date:
  1997/09/29
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e6c61b54466747b8d4cbc3b44559c47ee1b8a5e3a82858fddfe315951a9d5f05096264c6f3d8b6dffc485129febf1ae1c644f731a6533f447d7e48eb26ad2831
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170336/cdc_170336_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 19.53 KB ]