Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Carpenter's Helper Dies211 After 120-Foot Fall from an Unprotected Floor Edge of an Atrium, South Carolina, 211 March 23, 1997

摘要

A 22-year old male carpenter's helper (the victim) died of injuries he received211u001eafter crawling from an unprotected floor edge onto an unsecured piece of plywood 211u001eand falling 120 feet to the ground. At the time of the incident, concrete forming 211u001ework had been completed on 12 floors of a condominium under construction. A co-211u001eworker from the floor above had yelled down to the victim, asking him to plug in 211u001ean extension cord that was hanging from the 12th to the 11th floor. He crawled 211u001eunder a red tape warning line at the floor edge of the atrium onto a piece of 211u001eunsecured plywood. The plywood gave way and the victim fell 120 feet to the 211u001eground. The local emergency medical service responded in less than 10 minutes, 211u001ebut the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.