Construction Fatality Narrative: Inexperienced Framer Falls 22 Feet from Upper Floor [2014]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
• Description:
  During 2000-2009 70% of commercial fishing deaths off the US West Coast were caused by drowning. Dungeness crab fisheries had the highest number of fatalities with a rate of 310 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers. Falls overboard accounted for 24% of all fatalities. None of the victims of falls overboard were wearing personal flotation device. Please observe the following safety tips: Wear personal flotation device whenever on deck and every time the bar is crossed. Train crew on man-overboard procedures and practice at least monthly. Use the most current weather forecasts and bar information. Use personal locator beacons that are water activated for visibility. Get vessel stability evaluations to aid in loading properly. Utilize Coast Guard vessel inspections. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Drowning Hunting Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Fatalities Fishing Industry Injury Prevention Personal Flotation Device PFD Safety Practices
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Oregon Health & Science University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061617
• Citation:
  Portland, OR: Oregon Health & Science University, 2014 Sep; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Services, Portland, Oregon
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Crab fishing hazard alert
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:87fa4434fdace8bc805d78ae8daff99634fedd194bbc6a0e8d315f09781aa1016096053fb3b11484bfb8bb962060f05b74eca80ec7e94c2e5c7bcc198e8093e0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229079/cdc_229079_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 770.02 KB ]