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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Michigan: Truck Driver Killed after Falling through Unprotected Skylight
On February 3, 2006, a 44-year-old male truck driver/crane operator was killed when he fell through a 3 x 8-foot unprotected corrugated fiberglass skylight that was approximately 1/8 to 3/16 inch thick. The decedent was delivering roofing materials to a firm contracted to re-roof the southwest section of a warehouse. He climbed a ladder to the roof and spoke with three roofing contractors about placement of the roofing materials. For reasons unknown, the decedent stepped over a roof parapet wall onto the low-sloped metal warehouse no. 2 roof that was not near the area where the roofing was to occur. One of the roofing contractor employees warned the decedent of the skylights on warehouse no. 2 roof. The decedent took several steps and then fell through a skylight that was flush with the roof. He landed on the concrete floor 20 feet below. The business owner called 911. Emergency response arrived and transported him to a local hospital. After evaluation at this hospital, the decedent was transferred to a second hospital here he died. Recommendations: (1) Employers should develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive accident prevention program that includes, but is not limited to, job site hazard surveys and worker training in fall hazard recognition; (2) Building owners should install protective guard over skylights to prevent falls through skylights by maintenance or other personnel who may access the roof.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Michigan: Truck Driver Killed after Falling through Unprotected Skylight
On February 3, 2006, a 44-year-old male truck driver/crane operator was killed when he fell through a 3 x 8-foot unprotected corrugated fiberglass skylight that was approximately 1/8 to 3/16 inch thick. The decedent was delivering roofing materials to a firm contracted to re-roof the southwest section of a warehouse. He climbed a ladder to the roof and spoke with three roofing contractors about placement of the roofing materials. For reasons unknown, the decedent stepped over a roof parapet wall onto the low-sloped metal warehouse no. 2 roof that was not near the area where the roofing was to occur. One of the roofing contractor employees warned the decedent of the skylights on warehouse no. 2 roof. The decedent took several steps and then fell through a skylight that was flush with the roof. He landed on the concrete floor 20 feet below. The business owner called 911. Emergency response arrived and transported him to a local hospital. After evaluation at this hospital, the decedent was transferred to a second hospital here he died. Recommendations: (1) Employers should develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive accident prevention program that includes, but is not limited to, job site hazard surveys and worker training in fall hazard recognition; (2) Building owners should install protective guard over skylights to prevent falls through skylights by maintenance or other personnel who may access the roof.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Michigan: Truck Driver Killed after Falling through Unprotected Skylight
2007
8 pages
Report
No indication
English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Construction Management & Techniques , Job Environment , Industrial Safety Engineering , Occupational safety and health , Accident investigations , Fatalities , Construction workers , Roofing , Falls , Roofs , Skylights , Injuries , Accident analysis , Safety , Work environment , Warehouses , Construction industry , Truck drivers , Equipment operators , Ladders , Warning devices , Emergency response , Michigan , Recommendations