Safety is in Everyone's Best Interest
Each drywall accident begins with a final irretrievable moment when the force of falling drywall is set in motion and the outcome cannot be changed.
Oregon Construction Worker injured by falling drywall:
Each drywall accident begins with a final irretrievable moment when the force of falling drywall is set in motion and the outcome cannot be changed.
The injuries can be devastating because drywall crushes everything in its path. It is easy to take this for granted if your livelihood is in a gypsum-products related field. If not, it is unlikely you will know a sheet of drywall can weigh 100 pounds or more and that a stack of ten sheets can fall with a 6,000 pound force at floor impact.
Falling drywall is not an accident that "just happens". It is foreseeable that unsecured drywall can easily fall if allowed to become unstable. The Gypsum Association has been warning the industry about this fact for years.
If you are in the business of stocking , installing or managing a jobsite where drywall is stored, please secure or insist that all edge-stacked drywall is safely secured. Safety is an investment not a cost.
Death by Drywall: Review of a case involving the death of woman by a leaning/falling stack of drywall. http://www.southernloss.com/index.php?module=article&view=48>
PA carpenter injured on job:
http://www.naftulin-shick.com/CM/Custom/Workplace-Injuries.asp> (when webpage opens, scroll down to falling drywall headline)
13-year-old boy crushed by drywall: http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=e82bbdb1-6324-4f07-aa66-97e0796a138f
13-year-old boy crushed by drywall: http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=e82bbdb1-6324-4f07-aa66-97e0796a138f
Ohio Woman injured while having addition built:
A jury awarded $4.3 million to church volunteer http://www.totalinjury.com/news/verdicts/premises-liability.aspx> (when webpage opens, scroll down to $4.3 Million to Volunteer Requiring Amputation headline)
Oregon Construction Worker injured by falling drywall:
Missouri worker injured while working at an Abbey:
http://www.stlouiscnr.com/columns/article/no_good_deed_goes_unpunished/
Electrician's Assistant dies after falling ten feet:
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