Preventing falls through skylights: The California FACE program

Nationwide, falls are the leading cause of work-related injury and death in construction. The California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (CA FACE) program has produced a training video that highlights the risk of falls when working around skylights. The video explains the events that led to a roofing supervisor falling through a skylight, as told by co-workers who were there that day. Investigation findings and photographs from the previously-published CA FACE fatality report are supplemented with scenes ‘re-created' by workers in the field. Prevention recommendations are highlighted. This video will be used by roofing companies, unions, government agencies, and trade associations to prevent workplace falls.