Accident: 14509392 - Killed In Fall Through Deck Hole

Employee #1 was installing portable light stringers in tank 7-53-1-F when he fell through a deck opening. Employee #1 was killed.

fall, floor opening, installing, work surface, barrier guard, cover, work rules, shipyard

Accident: 170019392 - Killed In Fall Through Skylight

Employee #1 was applying a roof sealer on a flat roof. He was walking backward when he went through a skylight and fell 32 ft to the ground. Employee #1 was killed.

skylight, fall, unguarded, construction, roof, walking backward, inattention, barrier guard, work rules

Accident: 898817 - Killed In Fall Through Stair Opening

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on December 27, 1999, Employee was working on the second floor of a house under construction. He was unrolling Tyvex plastic sheeting on a 9 ft high by 40 ft long wall that had been built on the second-floor deck. The wall was still laying on the deck as Employee #1 walked backward, leaning over to unroll the sheeting. He stepped through a window opening in the wall that was directly over an uncovered stairway opening in the deck. Employee #1 fell through the second-floor stair opening to the concrete basement floor. He was killed.

construction, fall, walking backward, guardrail, stair, stair landing, floor opening, barrier guard, work rules

Accident: 120276985 - Fingers Amputated In Mixer

Employee #1, a foreman for a general contractor engaged in building residential structures, was standing at the operating station of a Groutomatic cement/grout mixer. He was cleaning the mixer while it was running. He bypassed the guard and stuck his left hand into the mixing area of the machine, where it struck against the revolving mixing blades. He amputated the third and fourth fingers on his left hand. Causal factors of this accident were that Employee #1 attempted to clean a revolving mixing machine while it was running, and that he bypassed the safety guards.

construction, amputated, finger, lockout, struck against, cleaning, rotating knife, caught by, work rules, guard

Accident: 170243745 - Killed In Fall Through Cut-Out Roof Section

At 10:50 a.m. on December 22, 1999, Employee #1 and five to seven coworkers were on a low-pitched roof. They were off loading some materials onto the roof and Employee #1 was asked to retrieve a scrap of wood to chock a roll of material. He walked quickly to get the chock and was headed directly for a 6 ft by 8 ft section of roof that had just been scored for an elevator shaft. When he was about 6 ft away from the cut area, the roof safety monitor called for him to stop, but a loud generator next to the cut-out section may have drowned out the warning. Employee #1 stepped onto the cut section, which buckled, and he fell 30 ft to the bottom of the shaft. He suffered massive head trauma and neck injuries. A doctor at the site administered first aid and Employee #1 was rushed by emergency personnel to the hospital, where he died.

fall, barrier guard, noise, construction, roof, off loading, unsecured, head, work rules

Accident: 897652 - Killed In Fall Through Skylight Opening

Employee #1, age 20, and coworkers were dragging sheets of metal roof decking to the point of installation. To try to complete a section before quitting time, the majority of workers were instructed to move the decking to the proper location. Employee #1 set down a sheet of decking and stepped backward through an opening where a skylight would later be installed. He fell 21 ft 8 in. onto a concrete floor. Employee #1 was killed.

construction, roof, fall, roof opening cover, installing, walking backward, roof opening, work rules, guardrail, barrier guard

Accident: 170075238 - Killed In Fall From Open-Sided Floor

Employee #1, a painter, had finished working for the day and took off his fall protection harness. He had moved to an open-sided part of the floor to close off the work space when he fell 122 ft and was killed.

fall, fall protection, painter, construction, fall protection, guardrail, work rules, barrier guard