Accident: 170716245 - Injured As Wind Causes Fall From Roof

On November 4, 1992, Employee #1, a decker, and a coworker were putting the decking on a 2-story house. He was carrying 4 ft by 8 ft piece of 5/8 in. plywood to put on the trusses. Employee #1 was close to the edge of the roof when a gust of wind caught the plywood. Because he did not turn it loose fast enough and because he is a very light weight person, Employee #1 was blown from the roof. He landed on his left knee. Employee #1 was taken to University of California at Davis Medical Center, where on November 13, 1992, the knee was operated on. The employer has a good safety program. No safety violations were cited.

construction, roof, high wind, fall, fall protection, work rules, knee, decking panel, decking

Accident: 170751069 - Injured In Fall While Removing Roof Decking

Construction employees were removing sections of roof decking approximately 20 feet above the ground without any type of fall protection. Employee #1 was tracing a hose to check for kinks. Employee #1 walked on a section of steel decking unaware that it had been already cut and fell to the ground below. Employee #1 received a broken ankle and a concussion. Hard hats and safety shoes were being worn.

construction, fall, concussion, ankle, roof, roof panel, fall protection, decking panel, unsecured panel, work rules

Accident: 170200679 - Injured In Fall Through Storage Rack Deck

At approximately 7:30 a.m. on February 12, 1991, Employee #1 was dismantling metal pallet storage racks. He was working from a pallet elevated on the forks of a forklift to the third tier of the metal rack, approximately 8 ft above the floor. He stepped from the pallet platform onto the storage rack deck. The 3/4 in. thick particleboard broke under his weight, and he fell to the floor. Employee #1 suffered scratches, bruises, and a back injury.

fall, storage rack, dismantling, back, overloaded, elevated work plat, fall protection, contusion, decking panel, collapse

Accident: 14516975 - Injured In Fall Through Roof Opening

Employee #1, a member of a five-man metal decking crew, was working near the center of a very large flat roof on a structural steel building under construction. He was filling in the last of four 3 ft by 35 ft metal acoustical deck panels that had not been bolted up the previous day. There was a stack of panels sitting at the northern end of this 6 ft wide opening. One panel had already been pulled over to the southern end of the opening and was lying diagonally across the open end. As Employee #1 was walking around the south end of the panel to put it into position, he took his eyes off where he was walking and stepped onto the unsupported end of the panel. The end of the panel gave way. Employee #1 lost his balance and went through the 6 ft wide opening. He fell 43 ft, landing on his back in the sand.

construction, roof opening, roof, lost balance, decking panel, fall, inattention, fall protection, work rules, unsecured