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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Massachusetts: Laborer Injured in a Fall When a Portable Platform Ladder Overturned, FACE-16-MA-032-01.
| 题名： | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Massachusetts: Laborer Injured in a Fall When a Portable Platform Ladder Overturned, FACE-16-MA-032-01. |
| 关键词： | Accident prevention, Traumatic injuries, Safety education, Safety equipment, Emergency medical services (EMS), Ladders, Falls, Accident analysis, Accidents, Injury prevention, Work performance, Safety measures, Safety monitoring, Protective measures, Fatalities, Hazard recognition, Training, Height factors, Implementation, Fatility Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE), Massachusetts, Massachusetts FACE Program, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Labor Standards |
| 摘要： | On December 12, 2015 a 68-year-old male senior laborer (victim) was seriously injured in a fall while working from a platform ladder. The victim, employed by a municipality, and a co-worker were dusting crown molding in a meeting room inside city hall. The victim had finished dusting a section of molding and the ladder needed to be moved to continue the task. The co-worker started to move the ladder while the victim remained standing on the ladder's platform. When the co-worker was engaging the ladder's wheels, the ladder shifted and started to tip. The co-worker tried to stop the ladder from tipping, but could not, and both the ladder and the victim fell. The co-worker then placed a call for emergency medical services (EMS) and a call to his supervisor. EMS and local police arrived within minutes. The victim was transported to a local hospital and was eventually released, but he was paralyzed as a result of the incident. The victim died about six months after the incident from complications of the injuries he sustained during the incident. Contributing factors identified in this investigation included: moving the ladder while a worker was standing on it; not using the ladder manufacturer-provided outriggers; lack of training on the ladder being used; and lack of a safety and health program. The Massachusetts FACE Program concluded that to prevent similar occurrences in the future, municipalities should: 1. Ensure ladders are never moved, shifted, or adjusted while an employee is on the ladder; 2. Ensure that any manufacturer-provided safety features on equipment are used at all times; 3. Evaluate non-routine tasks before assigning them to employees to ensure they have the proper equipment and training needed to complete the tasks safely; 4. Develop, implement, and enforce a safety and health program that addresses hazard recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions; and 5. Provide work environments for employees that, at a minimum, meet all relevant Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and industry-accepted standards of practice per the Department of Labor Standards policy. |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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