Fatality Narrative: Carpenter Falls from Ladder – Slideshow

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On August 11, 2014, a 41-year-old carpenter died when he fell from a ladder. The incident happened at a new single-family residential building construction site. The victim's employer was a construction company that provides residential framing and building services. The victim was an experienced carpenter who had been hired by the employer two days before to work on this project. On the day of the incident, there were five employees, including the victim, on the job site. They were framing rafters for a covered patio. The victim was the lead framer. The victim and two other employees were taking measurements before making saw cuts in order to install the next set of rafters. The victim had been working from both a 12-foot extension ladder and a 6- foot stepladder. The investigators determined that it was likely that he fell from the stepladder. When he fell from the ladder he struck his head on the concrete patio. He died at the scene. The investigators found that both ladders were set up properly and that they had no defects. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Analysis Construction Workers Extension Ladders Falls Fatalities Ladders Step Ladders
• 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:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20060992
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-134-2015s, 2015 Jan; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: carpenter falls from ladder - slideshow
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229044/cdc_229044_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1013.48 KB ]