Iron worker apprentice dies in fall of fifty feet on Massachusetts construction site.
Source
NIOSH 1996 Sep; :1-4
Abstract
On June 5, 1995, a 47 year old male iron worker apprentice died of injuries sustained in a fifty foot fall on a Massachusetts construction site. The victim was assisting a co-worker to lay out and fasten metal decking to structural steel for a motor vehicle ramp when the incident occurred. The victim stepped on an unsecured piece of decking, and fell through the opening. A crane operator working beneath the motor vehicle ramp immediately yelled for help and aided the victim until police and emergency medical services arrived. The victim was transported to a nearby city hospital emergency room where he was officially pronounced dead less than twenty minutes following the incident. The MA FACE Program concluded that to prevent similar future occurrences, employers should: 1. Provide anchor points for fall protection equipment and ensure their use by employees. 2. Design, develop and implement a comprehensive site-specific fall protection plan.
Keywords
Region-1; Accident-analysis; Accident-prevention; Accidents; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Traumatic-injuries; Work-operations; Work-analysis; Work-areas; Work-performance; Work-practices; Safety-education; Safety-equipment; Safety-measures; Safety-monitoring; Protective-measures; Steelworkers; Industrial-hazards; Iron-workers; Construction-industry; Construction-workers; Personal-protective-equipment; Protective-equipment
Document Type
Field Studies; Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation
Funding Type
Cooperative Agreement
NTIS Accession No.
PB2012-110769
Identifying No.
FACE-95MA016; Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U60-CCU-108704
Source Name
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Performing Organization
Massachusetts Department of Health
