OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491252
INTERSTATE DYEING & FINISHING CO., INC.
PASSAIC, NJ—
Event description
Employee killed in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and two coworkers, all maintenance personnel, were assigned to remov d. e an old section of steam piping. The pipes were suspended from the ceiling abou t 13 ft above the floor. Employee #1 was standing on a 10 ft tall wooden steplad der to dismantle the pipes by breaking open the couplings and removing 2- and 3- ft lengths. He lowered a 2-ft section to a coworker standing on the floor. Emplo yee #1 then removed a 3 1/2 ft section weighing about 60 to 70 lb. He lost his b alance, dropped the section of pipe, and fell head first off the ladder. He frac tured his skull and died at the scene. Employee #1 was using both hands to work while he was on the ladder and he was not tied off with a safety belt and lanyar
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 66 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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