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Worker falls 22 feet to death, 4 months after OSHA cites employer for failing to protect workers on the same job site
U.S. Department of Labor | Aug. 1, 2016
Worker falls 22 feet to death, 4 months after OSHA cites employer
for failing to protect workers on the same job site
Louisville employer faces $320K in fines for serial disregard of fall protection
ADDISON, Ill. ‒ Four months after federal safety investigators cited his employer for failing to provide workers with fall protection at a United Parcel Service facility in Addison, a 42-year-old employee of Material Handling Systems/MHS Technical Services, fell 22 feet to his death at the same site.
On July 29, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the employer for three egregious willful violations for exposing workers to falls over 6 feet, after its investigation of the Feb. 9, 2016, fatality. OSHA also cited three repeated and three serious safety violations.
“A man is dead because this employer decided to break the law over and over again. Before this tragedy, OSHA cited this contractor twice for exposing workers to fall hazards, including at the same site just four months earlier,” said Dr. David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor of Occupational Safety and Health. “OSHA is asking companies contracting with Material Handling Systems to take strong steps to ensure that this employer protects its employees, and terminate its contracts if this employer continues to violate OSHA regulations. Material Handling Systems employer must demonstrate it can work safely and stop injuring its employees.”
OSHA also found Material Handling Systems/MHS Technical:
- Exposed other workers to falls of up to 22 feet as they hoisted conveyor equipment while working on raised surfaces with unprotected sides. Failed to determine whether walking and working surfaces could structurally support employees.
- Allowed workers to use a combustible polyethylene tarp as a welding curtain, which created a serious fire hazard.
OSHA cited Material Handling Systems most recently for fall protection violations in October 2015 at the same jobsite. In 2014, OSHA cited the company for similar violations after an employee suffered serious injuries in a fall in Keasby, New Jersey. The employer also received fall protection citations in 2009 in Oregon and 2012 in Florida. The company’s workers’ compensation carrier is Old Republic Insurance Company of Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
Material Handling Systems/MHS Technical Services removes and installs high-speed conveyor systems. In this case, the company was working under a multi-million contract with United Parcel Service to dismantle existing conveyor systems and install new, high-speed conveyors at UPS’s Addison facility.
Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Material Handling Systems/MHS Technical Services faces total proposed penalties of $320,400. View current citations here.
Preventable falls account for nearly 40 percent of all deaths in the construction industry. Federal safety and health officials are determined to reduce the number of preventable, fall-related deaths in the construction industry. OSHA offers a Stop Falls online resource with detailed information in English and Spanish on fall protection standards. The page provides fact sheets, posters, and videos that illustrate various fall hazards and appropriate preventive measures. OSHA standards require that an effective form of fall protection be in use when workers perform construction activities 6 feet or more above the next lower level.
OSHA’s ongoing Fall Prevention Campaign was developed in partnership with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and NIOSH’s National Occupational Research Agenda program. Begun in 2012, the campaign provides employers with lifesaving information and educational materials on how to prevent falls, provide the right equipment for workers and train employees to use fall protection equipment properly.
Material Handling Systems/MHS Technical Services has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report amputations, eye loss, workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA’s
toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency’s North Aurora office at 630-896-8700.
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role is to ensure these conditions for America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance. For more information, visit http://www.osha.gov.
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Relatório sobre Mortes por queda. Estado de Vitória - Austrália
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Foreword iii
The Victorian State Trauma System 1
The Victorian State Trauma Registry 2
Executive summary 3
Victorian State Trauma System achievements in 2014–15 11
Trauma Case Review Group 19
Victorian State Trauma Registry data 21
Major Trauma case study 23
Trauma profile 24
Patient triage and transportation 37
Trauma system indicators 41
Hospital outcomes of major trauma 49
Long-term outcomes following major trauma 55
Limitations and data caveats 59
Appendix 1: Victorian State Trauma Registry data methodology 61
Appendix 2: Methodology for extracting National Coroners Information System data 62
Appendix 3: Victorian State Trauma Registry data quality assurance 63
Appendix 4: The VSTORM group 64
Appendix 5: Health services with ethics committee approval July 2014 to June 2015 65
Appendix 6: Case Review Group quality audit filters 71
Abbreviations 72
Contents
New report on falls fatalities in Victoria
The Victorian State Trauma System and Registry annual report 2014/15 reveals that more Victorians die from falls than from road accidents. 459 people aged over 64 have been fatally injured from falls from a height of less than a metre, compared with 301 in transport-related incidents. The report also noted a significant rise in serious injury and fatality in people falling from ladders, especially among older men.
Falls account for a significant number of work-related deaths and injuries across Australian workplaces annually. Figures from Safe Work Australia reveal that 232 workers were killed following a fall from a height over the eight-year period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2011.
Workers in the construction industry account for most fatal falls. The industry accounted for 37 per cent of falls-related fatalities and recorded a fatality rate four times the overall rate in the 2008–11 period according to Safe Work Australia figures. House construction workers face the greatest risk of fatal falls, followed by workers in the painting and decorating industry.
Despite these figures, current Prevention of Falls regulations 'kick in' at work above 2 metres - and although Victoria's Coroner recommended some time ago that the height qualification be eliminated, WorkSafe has not proposed a change to the definition in the draft Regulations, currently open for public comment.
Read more: Annual Report of the Victorian State Trauma Registry and System, 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015.