Fatality Narrative: Apprentice Carpenter Struck by Plywood Sheets

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On November 11, 2003, an apprentice carpenter working on a roof was struck by plywood sheets when a bunk failed. This caused the victim to fall to the ground where a cascade of the plywood sheets struck him. The 21-year-old, second-year apprentice was employed by a construction company to work on a single-story building to be used as an annex to a county sheriff's office. The victim was standing on the top plate of the building's exterior wall getting ready to lay plywood sheeting on the roof trusses. He was not using fall protection. He reached for a sheet of 5/8 inch 4'x 8' plywood from the 46-sheet stack of plywood being held in place by two wood bunks nailed to the 3/12-pitch roof trusses. The movement of the plywood caused one of the bunks to collapse. The plywood sheets began to slide toward the victim and pushed him off the top plate causing him to fall 11 feet to the ground where he landed on his back. Twenty-nine sheets of plywood cascaded down, many of them edgewise, onto his chest and body. First aid was performed on the victim, before he was transported to a hospital, where he later died. 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 equipment
  • Construction materials
  • Construction workers
  • Roofing
  • Falls
  • Falling objects
  • Fall protection
  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:20051870
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-24-2004, 2004 Sep; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: apprentice carpenter struck by plywood sheets
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228849/cdc_228849_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 25.36 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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