Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 99OH022, 1999 Jul; :1-6
On May 26, 1999, a 32 year old male construction laborer dies of injuries sustained when he fell thirty feet (30 ft.) from the roof to the floor of a warehouse building that was under construction. The victim along with several of his co-workers was approximately 30 feet off the ground installing roof panels in the northeast corner of the building when the incident occurred. According to witnesses, the victim stepped onto a panel that had not been secured and it gave way causing him to fall. The victim fell to the gravel floor sustaining head, back and internal injuries. The fall occurred at approximately 8:27 a.m. The victim was pronounced dead shortly following the incident. Recommendations: 1. Employers should evaluate each worksite and each job for potential safety hazards and plan accordingly. 2. Fall protection must be provided and utilized whenever the potential of a serious fall exists. 3. A training program needs to be provided for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. 4. Employers need to obtain information about workplace hazards to which their employees may be exposed and take appropriate action to protect affected employees from these hazards. 5. The employer should set up a company wide safety training program and designate one person to be in charge of it.
Keywords
Region-5; Accident-analysis; Accident-prevention; Accidents; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Traumatic-injuries; Construction-industry; Construction-workers; Construction
Publication Date
19990730
Document Type
Field Studies; Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation
Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the CDC website.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cannot attest to the accuracy of a non-federal website.
Linking to a non-federal website does not constitute an endorsement by CDC or any of its employees of the sponsors or the information and products presented on the website.
You will be subject to the destination website's privacy policy when you follow the link.
CDC is not responsible for Section 508 compliance (accessibility) on other federal or private website.
For more information on CDC's web notification policies, see Website Disclaimers.
CDC.gov Privacy Settings
We take your privacy seriously. You can review and change the way we collect information below.
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Cookies used to make website functionality more relevant to you. These cookies perform functions like remembering presentation options or choices and, in some cases, delivery of web content that based on self-identified area of interests.
Cookies used to track the effectiveness of CDC public health campaigns through clickthrough data.
Cookies used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on CDC.gov through third party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes by these third parties.
Thank you for taking the time to confirm your preferences. If you need to go back and make any changes, you can always do so by going to our Privacy Policy page.