Fatality Narrative: Ironworker Falls Through Roof Opening

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On August 30, 2004, an ironworker was killed when he fell 29 feet through an unguarded roof opening. The 35-year-old victim was employed by a construction company that performs work on steel-framed structures. The company was a subcontractor at a building site where a college building was being constructed. The victim had been working at the site for about six weeks. On the morning of the incident, the victim and two other workers were on the building's roof landing a steel framed wind-brace with a crane. One worker acted as a signal person for the crane operator; the other two workers, including the victim, were handling the load and walking it toward the landing area. The victim fell through an unprotected 32"x 60" opening cut in the roof's metal form decking and landed on a concrete slab 29 feet below. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidental Falls
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Construction Materials
  • Education
  • Ferrous Compounds
  • Metal Workers
  • Mortality
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Roof falls
  • Falls
  • Fall protection
  • Risk assessment
  • Iron workers
  • Iron working industry
  • Construction
  • Construction 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051826
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-38-2005, 2005 Aug; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: ironworker falls through roof opening
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228835/cdc_228835_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 35.19 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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