Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
Through the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program, NIOSH conducts investigations of fatal occupational injuries. The primary intent of this program is to provide interested users with access to the full text of hundreds of fatality investigation reports.
State
FACE Reports: Falls-Construction-Roofs
The
following reports are the products of our Cooperative State partners and are presented here in their original unedited form from the states. The findings and conclusions in these reports are those of the individual Cooperative State partner and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Pub. Date | Report No. | State | Title |
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6/13/2023 | 2022KY011 | KY | Roofing worker dies from fall - Kentucky. |
4/18/2023 | 2023KY00901 | KY | Project manager dies after falling through skylight. |
2/2/2023 | 2022KY096 | KY | Roofing contractor dies after falling through skylight. |
11/13/2019 | 2019KY034 | KY | Gutter installer dies after falling from roof. |
8/5/2019 | 2017MI075 | MI | Sole proprietor falls eight feet from flat roof while installing siding. |
8/5/2019 | 2017MI128 | MI | Construction foreman/carpenter dies from complications from fall from roof. |
6/19/2017 | 2015KY078 | KY | Commercial roofer falls 30 feet through a skylight while installing roof insulation. |
4/11/2017 | 2016MA001 | MA | Laborer fatally injured after falling from a home under construction - Massachusetts. |
4/7/2017 | 2016CA005 | CA | A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) contractor dies when he falls through a skylight. |
3/9/2015 | 2014KY030 | KY | Hispanic roofer's fall protection failed causing him to fall 29.91 feet to his death. |
12/1/2014 | 2013KY059 | KY | Roofer dies after gust of wind knocks him and co-worker off roof. |
2/10/2014 | 2013KY042 | KY | A metal fabrication and finishing foreman dies after 25 foot fall at a commercial building site. |
11/14/2012 | 2010MI144 | MI | Hispanic roofer dies after falling through an improperly secured roof hatch cover. |
10/15/2012 | 2009NJ099 | NJ | Hispanic construction worker wearing fall protection dies after falling 40 feet from roof. |
5/18/2012 | 2011CA005 | CA | A house painter dies when he falls through a roof opening. |
5/18/2012 | 2011CA004 | CA | A roofing supervisor dies when he falls through a skylight. |
3/23/2012 | 2010MA036 | MA | Carpenter fell from the roof of a single family home under construction - Massachusetts. |
9/1/2010 | 2010CA003 | CA | A solar panel installer dies when he falls off a roof. |
9/10/2009 | 2009CA003 | CA | An electrical worker dies when he falls through a skylight while installing solar panels on the roof of a warehouse. |
6/25/2009 | 2008MI015 | MI | Construction worker dies from 69-foot fall through roof opening. |
4/9/2009 | 2008CA010 | CA | Roof man dies when he falls from the roof of a two-story house while applying a tent for fumigation. |
9/5/2008 | 2007KY071 | KY | A 53-year-old male iron foreman dies after fall from steel decking. |
8/26/2008 | 2007MI172 | MI | Roofer dies from fall off residential roof. |
10/11/2007 | 2005MA038 | MA | Window washer is pulled off a roof and falls 53 feet when the rolling roof outrigger to which his lifeline was attached rolls off the roof - Massachusetts. |
5/17/2007 | 2006MI006 | MI | Truck driver killed after falling through unprotected skylight. |
5/17/2007 | 2006MI117 | MI | Male siding installer dies after falling from a roof while installing a J channel on a dormer. |
7/20/2006 | 2006OK002 | OK | A carpenter died after falling 20 feet from a roof. |
1/26/2006 | 2003WI048 | WI | Hispanic laborer dies after falling through roof of old building. |
9/2/2005 | 1994MD041 | MD | Carpenter dies following 30-foot fall through deteriorated roof while estimating job. |
5/27/2004 | 2003KY097 | KY | Roofing laborer dies after 60-foot fall. |
3/26/2004 | 2002MA030 | MA | A Spanish speaking roofer dies after falling from a roof of a residential structure. |
2/1/2004 | 2003WI042 | WI | Hispanic painter dies after falling from a new house roof. |
10/21/2003 | 2003KY017 | KY | Hispanic laborer dies from fall off roof. |
8/6/2003 | 2003OR001 | OR | Roofer's family member helping at work site dies after falling through skylight. |
4/4/2000 | 1999OK009 | OK | Construction laborer dies from injuries received in a 33-foot fall through a skylight opening. |
9/24/1999 | 1999WI002 | WI | Laborer dies from fall through skylight while shoveling snow on roof. |
7/30/1999 | 1999OH022 | OH | Worker dies after falling thru roof panel. |
2/12/1999 | 1998CA011 | CA | Laborer falls through skylight opening in warehouse roof to the ground below and dies in California. |
12/30/1998 | 1998CA010 | CA | Structural ironworker foreman falls off beams of warehouse roof to the floor below and dies in California. |
10/29/1998 | 1998TX128 | TX | A roofer's helper, working for a roofing contractor in Texas, died when he fell through a three-foot square opening in a roof and struck a concrete floor. |
10/22/1998 | 1998CA005 | CA | Laborer/helper falls through opening in warehouse roof to the floor below and dies in California. |
8/19/1998 | 1997NJ086 | NJ | Iron worker dies after falling 17 feet while building a roof. |
4/7/1998 | 1997NJ087 | NJ | Roofer dies after falling 23 feet through a school skylight. |
3/27/1998 | 1997MA044 | MA | Project engineer dies in fall from roof in Massachusetts. |
3/11/1998 | 1998MN001 | MN | Construction employee dies after falling from building roof. |
2/27/1998 | 1997NJ069 | NJ | Worker killed by 90 foot fall from roof canopy. |
2/1/1998 | 1997WV055 | WV | Roofer dies in West Virginia following a fall from a roof. |
11/6/1997 | 1997KY071 | KY | Professional roofer dies in fall. |
5/1/1997 | 1996IA067 | IA | Sheet metal roofer slips and falls through joint in ceiling - Iowa. |
1/30/1997 | 1996MN082 | MN | Marina employee dies after falling from marina storage building roof. |
12/30/1996 | 1996NJ059 | NJ | Iron worker dies after falling 18 feet while constructing a roof. |
1/28/1996 | 1995MO074 | MO | Roofer dies following 22-foot fall from residence. |
12/13/1995 | 1995IN059 | IN | Laborer dies following a 13-foot fall from roof of city garage. |
12/12/1995 | 1995IN075 | IN | Roofer dies following a 15-foot fall from residential roof. |
12/5/1995 | 1995MN027 | MN | Teacher/handy-man dies after falling from second-story roof of house. |
12/1/1995 | 1995MO049 | MO | Construction foreman dies following 45-foot fall from roof of condominium. |
11/13/1995 | 1994MO077 | MO | Journeyman roofer dies after 14.5 foot fall through roof opening. |
9/27/1995 | 1995NJ031 | NJ | Demolition laborer dies after falling 23 feet through a skylight. |
9/26/1995 | 1995IN147 | IN | Mechanical designer dies from injuries sustained after falling 22 feet through roof opening. |
6/16/1995 | 1994WI344 | WI | Construction laborer falls 26 feet from leading edge of roof. |
5/15/1995 | 1994NJ124 | NJ | Handy man dies after falling 25 feet from a house roof. |
3/2/1995 | 1995NE010 | NE | Roofer falls 20 feet to his death. |
12/7/1994 | 1994KY051 | KY | Demolition foreman dies after 35-foot fall through hole in flat roof. |
11/9/1994 | 1994CA005 | CA | Construction foreman dies after falling approximately 28 feet during roofing retro-fit operation in California. |
10/18/1994 | 1993WI254 | WI | Electrician apprentice dies following a 55-foot fall from a roof. |
10/17/1994 | 1993MA012 | MA | Massachusetts metal building assembler dies in fall from rooftop. |
10/17/1994 | 1993MA016 | MA | Massachusetts roofing company laborer dies in fall through skylight. |
9/2/1994 | 1994MA011 | MA | Massachusetts construction worker dies in fall through a roof opening while performing iron work. |
8/14/1994 | 1994MD015 | MD | Gutter product installer dies as a result of falling 22.5 feet from a roof in Maryland. |
5/10/1994 | 1993MO154 | MO | Journeyman roofer dies from 25-foot-fall through structural decking. |
4/26/1994 | 1994MA002 | MA | Massachusetts maintenance supervisor dies in twenty foot fall through rooftop skylight opening. |
4/18/1994 | 1993WI239 | WI | Laborer dies following a 13-foot fall from a porch-roof. |
4/7/1994 | 1993WY021 | WY | Roofer falls from top of 18' building in Wyoming. |
4/4/1994 | 1993NJ094 | NJ | Roofing estimator dies after falling 14 feet from the roof of a shopping center strip mall. |
11/17/1993 | 1993IN103 | IN | Iron worker dies in fall from a roof support to the concrete floor of a framed structural steel building. |
9/24/1993 | 1993WY005 | WY | Roofer falls from top of new home in Wyoming. |
5/30/1993 | 1993MO152 | MO | Journeyman roofer dies from 12-foot-fall from ladder. |
3/16/1993 | 1992MN021 | MN | Male roofer dies after falling from a house roof. |
3/6/1993 | 1992CA012 | CA | Apprentice roofer falls nine feet from roof and dies in California. |
1/8/1993 | 1992MA016 | MA | Carpentry/roofing foreman dies in fall through roof opening in Massachusetts. |
12/1/1992 | 1992CO065 | CO | Construction company owner dies when he falls from roof of home under construction in Colorado. |
9/15/1992 | 1992MN010 | MN | Carpenter dies from falling off a porch roof of a private home. |
8/12/1992 | 1991AK053 | AK | Roofer dies in 16-foot fall from residential roof - Alaska. |
5/5/1992 | 1992MA007 | MA | Demolition laborer dies in fall through roof opening in Massachusetts. |
5/4/1992 | 1992MA006 | MA | Self-employed general contractor dies in fall from rooftop in Massachusetts. |
10/25/1991 | 1991NJ008 | NJ | Roofer dies after 25 foot fall from a house roof. |
9/15/1991 | 1991MA005 | MA | Roofer dies after backing off a roof and falling 33 feet to the ground in Massachusetts. |
1/26/1991 | 1990MA003 | MA | Roofer dies after falling from a flat roof. |
12/14/1990 | 1990CO032 | CO | Spray painter dies after falling 30 feet to the ground from roof. |
12/5/1990 | 1990NJ017 | NJ | Roofer dies after fall from church roof. |
11/16/1990 | 1990NJ009 | NJ | Roofing mechanic falls 50 feet to his death in New Jersey. |
10/13/1990 | 1990MA001 | MA | A roofer falls to his death. |
8/18/1990 | 1990CO006 | CO | Owner of commercial sign painting firm died because of injuries that occurred when he fell 9 feet at a job site. |
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