" pitched roofs, working too close to the roof’s edge, lack of fall protection, proximity of overhead power lines, and unguarded skylights. "
IOW, the same hazards as a roofer. Would you like to ban roofs?
Roofers have the fifth-highest work-related death rate in construction, 29.9 deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, about twice the average for all construction of 15.2. About 50 roofers are killed on the job each year, most by falls (chart 1). The information in government reports suggests that inadequate fall protection is responsible for most of the fatal falls.
1. Causes of work-related deaths, roofers, United States, yearly average, 1992-98
Note: A total of 359 deaths was analyzed for the seven years. Yearly numbers do not add up to 51 because of rounding. Transportation incidents involved roofers being killed while traveling to or from a work site. “Other causes” include being caught in/between machinery, tar and asphalt burns, explosions of asphalt kettles, and homicides..
Source: Data from Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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