Fatality Narrative: Worker Falls 9 Feet from Plank

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On April 1, 2002, a worker was fatally injured during a residential roof tear-off when he fell from a plank used as a ramp that was placed between the roof and the side of a debris truck. On the morning of the incident the victim had been hired through a temporary help service to work for a roofing contractor. The job involved tearing off ceramic tiles from a single- family residence in preparation for putting on a new asphalt composite roof. A crew of six laborers and a supervisor had been working during the morning stripping tiles from the roof and hand carrying the tiles and debris in metal garbage cans from the roof to a truck, across a plank, where the debris was dumped. The plank was a 20-foot long by 14-inch wide commercially available ladder jack scaffolding plank. At its highest point, the plank was 11 feet from the ground. At the time of this incident, instead of using a garbage can, the victim was carrying an armload of debris across the plank to the truck when he fell 9 feet to the asphalt surface of a driveway below. He died two days later of head and neck injuries. It is unknown whether the victim had any experience or training in construction or roofing. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Construction Industry Education Mortality Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Construction Construction Workers Fall Protection Falls Fatalities Hazards Motor Vehicles Protective Equipment Protective Measures Roofers Roof Falls Roofing Safety Education Safety Equipment Safety Measures Safety Practices Training Traumatic Injuries Work Environment Workers Worker Safety

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• 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:20052032
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-3-2002, 2002 Jun; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: worker falls 9 feet from plank
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4963427781ee6b5087a06c22fdf415e6b2d99ab9d743e588345ae458e829ca72470dbeba1d38882ebfb70495883080916a2a38620bb9047475f964ec9d390610
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228870/cdc_228870_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 13.21 KB ]