Fatality Narrative: Construction Laborer Falls Through Skylight

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On September 4, 2003, a construction laborer fell 50 feet through an unguarded skylight during reroofing operations at a steel plant. The 35-year-old victim was an employee of the construction company performing the re-roofing and had been working at this job site for the past three weeks. He was working with a crew of three others. On the date of the incident, the victim and another worker carried roof panels about 300 feet along a flat section of roof and then walked up to the roof ridge to hand the panels off to two workers on the other side who were fastening them to the roof structure. During one of these trips the victim handed a panel over the ridgeline to another worker and then slipped, fell backwards, and slid on his back onto an unguarded fiberglass skylight. The skylight failed and he fell 50 feet, landing on machinery below. The victim died at the scene. 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
  • Roof falls
  • Skylights
  • Falls
  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:20051875
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-22-2004, 2004 Aug; :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: construction laborer falls through skylight
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228851/cdc_228851_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 24.46 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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