Spotlight on Skylight Falls for Workers Memorial Day

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• Corporate Authors:
  California. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  Skylights add natural sunlight to residential and commercial building interiors, but they can be hazardous to rooftop workers. From 2011-2015, eleven California workers died when they fell through skylights. The California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (CA/FACE) program investigated two of these fatal falls (Report 16CA005, Report 11CA004) and produced a five-minute digital story that explains how these tragedies can be prevented. Watch the video in English. Watch the video in Spanish. Each year on April 28, Workers Memorial Day events commemorate those who have died on the job, and highlight efforts to prevent workplace deaths, illness and injury. Falls continue to be a leading cause of workplace deaths in the construction industry for all workers. OHB encourages employers to join the National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction on May 8-12. OHB's CA/FACE program provides prevention materials in English and Spanish. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accidental Falls
  • Accidents
  • Construction Industry
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Occupational Injuries
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Construction workers
  • Fatalities
  • Falls
  • Injuries
  • Injury prevention
  • Occupational accidents
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059727
• Citation:
  Occupational Health Watch: April 2017. Richmond, CA: California Department of Public Health, 2017 Apr; :1-2
• Email:
  OHW@cdph.ca.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Institute
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Health Watch
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228993/cdc_228993_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 86.42 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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