Fatality Narrative: Carpenter Falls from Balcony

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On November 1, 2005, a carpenter was killed when he fell from an apartment building balcony. The victim, a 40-year-old journeyman level carpenter, had been employed for one week with a company that does residential remodeling work. He and another employee were working from the fourth floor balcony of an apartment, installing the soffit in the balcony's ceiling. The victim reached overhead to tap the soffit boards into place, holding a small piece of scrap wood in one hand and a hammer in the other. The victim leaned his back on the balcony's temporary 2x4 standard railing in order to swing his hammer, and the railing gave way. He fell 26 feet 9 inches to the ground below and was taken to a hospital where he died of his injuries. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidental Falls
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Construction Materials
  • Education
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Construction
  • Construction workers
  • Employees
  • Construction materials
  • Construction equipment
  • Falls
  • Fall protection
  • Protective equipment
  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:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051767
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-47-2006, 2006 May; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: carpenter falls from balcony
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228826/cdc_228826_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 72.04 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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