While he was gone the other elevated employee (a " grain elevator operator" ) stepped backwards off the pallet, fell 6.5 feet to the concrete floor, and sustained a skull fracture. The forklift operator set the parking brake, placed the truck in park, turned off the ignition key and left the area to retrieve the bolt. One of the elevated employees (a " feed mill operator" ) asked the forklift operator to retrieve a bolt from their shop. One employee (a " custom applicator" ) used a Daewoo G25-S forklift with a common wooden pallet (3.5 feet X 4 feet) on the forks to elevate the other two employees to a height of 6.5 feet to accomplish the repair. The side discharge chute had been damaged by a truck the previous day. Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation 1 314522004 Jesus Martinez 36 M Hospitalized Concussion - Accident 200003069 - Fall From Height Accident 200003069 - Report ID: 0728500 - Event Date: Inspection: 314469974 Open: SIC: 2048 Mfa Agri Services On Friday, November 5, 2010, at approximately 3:25 PM, three employees of MFA Agri Services (a grain/feed mill operation) were repairing a side discharge chute in the truck loading area at the base of a silo. He was treated for head injuries from the fall. The ambulance arrived and transported the victim to the hospital. The victim regained consciousness and first aid was rendered on site prior to the ambulance arriving. He struck the ground and was knocked unconscious. The victim fell from the elevated pallet to the ground below. While attempting to place a cardboard cover he stepped off the side of the pallet. He was covering onion totes that were stacked four high. Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction 1 312578933 Juan Manuel Munoz 65 M Hospitalized Fracture Farm Workers Accident 201703139 - Victim Fell From and Elevated Height to the Ground Accident 201703139 - Report ID: 1054115 - Event Date: Inspection: 314522004 Open: SIC: 2099 River Point Farms Llc The victim was standing on a shipping wood pallet that was elevated by a forklift. An unknown event occurred and the farm labor employee fell out of the wood bin landing on the concrete floor sustaining fractures to head, face and contusion to chest and wrist. The farm labor employee was inside a wood bin that was tied down with rope to the carriage and was up approximately 7' in the air on the forklift forks. On 4-19-10, a farm labor employee was installing galvanized corrugated roofing on an overhang shade structure. - Accident 202520201 - Fall From A Wood Bin That Was Tied Down to A Forklift Accident 202520201 - Report ID: 0950624 - Event Date: Inspection: 312578933 Open: SIC: 0761 Negrete M.The recommendations from ACCSH, OSHSPA, and the NAHB, as well as the mounting evidence that has been presented to the ACCSH Residential Fall Protection Work Group showing that conventional fall protection is available and can be used safely for almost all residential construction operations, provide a separate and independent grounds for OSHA’s decision to withdraw STD 03-00-001. OSHA considered the comments received in response to the 1999 ANPR and was not persuaded that compliance with 1926.501(b)(13) is infeasible or presents significant safety hazards for most residential construction employers. OSHA was not persuaded that compliance with 1926.501(b)(13) is infeasible or presents significant safety hazards ACCSH, OSHSPA, and the NAHB showing that conventional fall protection is available and can be used safely for almost all residential construction operations Statistics show that fatalities from falls are consistently high for residential construction activities.
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