Toolbox Talk Guide: Roofing Material Lands on Worker Standing on Ladder

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
• Description:
  INSTRUCTIONS: Hold the guide with this side facing you and the other side facing your crew. Then read the story. Our safety talk today is about a construction worker who died after a stack of 30 sheets of plywood crushed him. The victim was standing 4 to 5 feet up on a ladder helping to set up a stack of plywood on the roof when the stacked wood began to slide down onto him. The victim started down the ladder, but the plywood landed on him in two sections. Heavy equipment was used to remove the plywood while another person called 911. The victim was conscious just after the incident, he said that he thought his back was broken and could not move his hands or feet. The victim later died at the hospital. So here are some ways we can prevent something like this from happening where we work. Stack plywood and/or other supplies level and flat on a cricket or table, rather than angled to the pitch of the roof. Make sure that ladders are positioned to allow safe access and never set up a ladder under an unstable load of material. In pre-planning, we should consider the use of access equipment other than ladders. ASK: "Does anyone have more ideas or comments to share?" Pause for discussion. Then see if there are ways to take action. END WITH ACTION PLAN (ideas for what to ask or say). "Are there any poorly positioned ladders or poorly stacked materials that we might have missed in safety inspections that could be corrected today?" "Are there other similar hazards we could fix or make less dangerous?" "What do you all do if you need to stack material like this?" Discuss a similar condition at your current site. Express your commitment to taking the time to use crickets or tables when needed. Commit to follow-up at the next safety talk. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Construction Industry Construction Materials Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Construction Materials Construction Workers Falling Objects Injury Prevention Ladders Roofers Safety Education Safety Practices
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  Toolbox Talk
• Publisher:
  Oregon Health & Science University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance
• 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:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061618
• Citation:
  Portland, OR: Oregon Health & Science University, 2013 Mar; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Services, Portland, Oregon
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Toolbox talk guide: roofing material lands on worker standing on ladder
• 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/229080/cdc_229080_DS1.pdf
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