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Roofing Laborer Dies After 60-Foot Fall, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Roofing Laborer Dies After 60-Foot Fall, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Falls
At 8:00 AM on the morning of October 7, 2003, a 33-year-old laborer, working for a roofing contractor, was removing debris from a commercial building roof when he slipped and fell 60 feet to the sidewalk below. There were 2 other laborers and the contractor at the work site that morning. It was the second work day at this particular job site and the three workers were to finish discarding bags of debris from the roof. The decedent and one of the laborers accessed the roof through the building interior, up a flight of stairs to a five-step ladder which …
28-Year-Old Man Dies After Falling With Lift, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
28-Year-Old Man Dies After Falling With Lift, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Falls
On June 27, 2003, a 28-year-old male sound technician died due to injuries received after falling approximately 50 feet from a lift. Three men (one chief sound engineer and two sound technicians) were sent to repair a sound system in a school gymnasium. Upon arriving and assessing the situation, the three diagnosed that a particular speaker, located in the rafters, should be removed from its location. Using a 30-year-old telescoping, self-leveling lift belonging to the school, the chief engineer used controls located at the base of the lift, to hoist the two sound technicians to the speaker in the rafter. …