Fatality Narrative: Worker Falls from Roof Through Skylight Opening

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On November 22, 2002, a construction worker fell from a roof through an unguarded skylight opening and was fatally injured. The victim was a 67-year-old male. He was working for a construction contractor who was building an addition to a house. He went on to the unfinished roof to put plastic sheeting over several skylight openings so that rain would not get into the rooms below. He went to staple the plastic sheeting over a skylight opening when he fell and landed on the concrete floor 9 feet 10 inches below. He suffered severe injuries and was transported to a hospital where he died 10 days later. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidental Falls
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Education
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Construction
  • Construction equipment
  • Construction workers
  • Skylights
  • Floors
  • Roof falls
  • Falls
  • 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:20051941
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-14-2002, 2003 Oct; :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: worker falls from roof through skylight opening
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228859/cdc_228859_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 17.80 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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