Toolbox Talk Guide: Construction Worker Falls 20–25 Feet from Pump-Jack Scaffold

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE) ; Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
• Description:
  Our safety talk today is about a 46-year-old siding installer who died after falling 20 to 25 feet from a pump-jack scaffold platform to a concrete slab. He was installing siding in a breezeway of a newly constructed apartment building. To work at height around concrete stairs in the breezeway the crew used only one pumpjack pole, and used the stair landing to support the other end of the scaffold platform. A step ladder was placed on the stair landing to raise the platform above landing height, and the pump-jack pole was raised on the other side. The worker was working alone at the time of the incident. Evidence suggests that when attempting to use a second step ladder on the platform to reach a high area above the 3rd floor level, he fell to the ground. He was taken to a hospital where he died the following day. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Construction Workers Falls Ladders Scaffolds
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)   ; Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)  
• Subseries:
  Toolbox Talk ; Toolbox Talk
• Publisher:
  Oregon Health & Science University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance ; Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067426
• Citation:
  Portland, OR: Oregon Health & Science University, 2018 May; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Services, Portland, Oregon
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Toolbox talk guide: construction worker falls 20-25 feet from pump-jack scaffold
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fa98e8abc275723eb1ff71a2256acb684a18e8a2fbe563742cb2a9c74adee871dc8e37daad123035c04d970068d872685904c997f4f0920b9c42cafa30290a9c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229174/cdc_229174_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 214.17 KB ]