On August 12, 1997, a 45-year-old commercial painter was killed after falling from a step ladder as he was painting an outdoor stairway. The incident occurred at a commuter train station as the victim and two co-workers were painting a metal and concrete stairway leading to the station platform. The victim was painting some overhead pipes from an eight-foot step ladder that had been set up on a landing of the staircase. It is not known what caused him to fall. His co-worker reported that the victim suddenly fell on him as he was working on the lower landing. He tried but was unable to catch the victim, who was fatally injured when he struck his head on the concrete landing.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Project for New Jersey: Painter Killed After Falling from a Stepladder While Painting an Outdoor Stairway
1997
6 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Environmental & Occupational Factors , Job Environment , Environmental Health & Safety , Painter , Fatality , Accident analysis , New Jersey , Accidental fall , Ladder , Stairway , Train station , Accident prevention , Victim , Occupational safety and health , Pipes , Fatal Assessment and Control Evaluation(FACE)