Fatality Narrative: Carpenter Falls from Top Plate of House Wall

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On August 30, 2004, a carpenter was fatally injured when he fell 11 feet 7 inches from the top plate of a house under construction. The 45-year-old victim, an experienced carpenter, was employed by a framing contractor and was part of a crew framing a new single-family house. The victim had been working from an 8 foot stepladder where he was using a pneumatic nailer (nail gun) to nail wood pressure blocks in between rafters. He accidentally cracked a block and decided to repair it by nailing from above. The victim used the ladder to access the top plate where he stood on the 2 x 4 top plate and crouched to get in position to nail the next block. The victim then stood up, lost his balance and fell to the concrete floor below, where he received a fatal head injury. 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
  • Falls
  • Fall protection
  • Construction
  • Construction equipment
  • Construction materials
  • Construction workers
  • Protective equipment
  • Protective measures
  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:20051832
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-37-2005, 2005 Jul; :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: carpenter falls from top plate of house wall
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228836/cdc_228836_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 40.32 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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