Fatality Narrative: Framer Framer Setting Roof Trusses Falls 20 Feet

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  A 55-year-old framer died when he fell 20 feet from the top plate of a two-story single-family house under construction. The framer was employed by a single-family housing contractor. He had worked for the employer for four days. He had 10 years' experience framing. On the day of the incident, the framer and two other workers were at the job site where they were building a house. Their task was to install roof trusses. The previous day, they had installed and blocked three trusses. The crew arrived onsite at 8:00 a.m. They set up their equipment to begin installing trusses. When the site foreman called a break a half hour later, the framer did not join them. The two workers went to look for the framer and found him lying unconscious on the ground below where they were going to install trusses. He died of spinal injuries 15 days later. State investigators found that the framer fell 20 feet from the house's six-inch-wide top plate. He was not using fall protection. Investigators also found that the employer did not have a written fall protection work plan; workers did not understand fall protection requirements; the accident prevention program did not address job-specific safety; a safety walk-around was not done; and the framer did not receive a safety orientation. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidental Falls
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Construction
  • Falls
  • Fall protection
  • Safety
  • Safety measures
  • Safety programs
  • Hazards
  • Accidents
  • Accident prevention
  • Roof support systems
  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:20057343
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-186-2019, 2019 Sep; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: framer framer setting roof trussest falls 20 feet
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228923/cdc_228923_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 589.18 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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