Fatality Narrative: Roofer Dies After Falling from Ladder or Roof

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On January 18, 2010, a 65-year-old roofer died from an unwitnessed fall either from a ladder or roof. He had worked as a roofer his entire adult life. For the past 10 years he had done roofing maintenance and repair work as needed for a property manager of several buildings at a light industrial park. On the day of the incident the roofer was repairing a roof using mastic sealant. After doing those repairs he went to a nearby building, perhaps to check on the work he had done on the building's roof the previous week. He used a 20 foot aluminum extension ladder to access the building's roof which was 16 feet 8 inches above the ground. The roof was flat with an 18 inch parapet. A passerby discovered the roofer lying unresponsive on the pavement next to the ladder which was still leaning against the the building's wall. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The medical examiner determined that he died from head injuries due to a fall from either the ladder or the building roof. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accidental Falls
  • Accidents
  • Construction Industry
  • Education
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  • Staff Development
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Worker safety
  • Injuries
  • Traumatic injuries
  • Safety
  • Safety measures
  • Safety practices
  • Fatalities
  • Education
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051515
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-116-2012, 2012 Dec; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: roofer dies after falling from ladder or roof
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228755/cdc_228755_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 194.58 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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