Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) for Colorado: Sign Installer Fatally Injured in 47 Foot Fall from Billboard

摘要

On January 28, 1994 an employee of an outdoor advertising firm in Colorado was fatally injured when he fell from the billboard on which he was working. In this incident, a crew of three were installing new panels on a billboard. Employee 1 (the deceased) was standing on a walkway 47 feet above ground level. As his co-workers lifted each panel from the billboard framework, Employee 1 would push out on the top of the panel to disengage the retaining clips. Just prior to the fatal fall, coworkers observed Employee 1 at his location on the walkway with his safety lanyard attached to the wire rope life line. It is unknown why he disconnected his safety lanyard. As the co-workers were moving a panel, they heard Employee 1 strike a support bar and observed him falling to the ground.