Engineer Dies After Falling From Stairs While Entering Plant

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On September 1, 1994, an 83-year-old design engineer was critically injured after falling from the steps leading into his workplace. The incident occurred as the victim arrived for work in the morning and was climbing the three steps leading to the employee entrance. He apparently slipped on the stairs and fell on the asphalt pavement, injuring his head and arm. Although his injuries initially appeared to be minor and he was quickly given first aid and medical attention, he died of his injuries the next day. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, these safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers should provide stairs with handrails and non-slip surfaces. 2. Employers should consider installing ramps to assist employees in entering the plant.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Head-injuries Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 2 Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Falls ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE94NJ132
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026598
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2014-105966
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 94NJ132, 1994 Feb ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3bf3cda4f4e8a0c7a558146b91327e20571b4c4fbd180f0821fb6b598d86c9441325d11376ddce51ee3619b595cd2410a846122a7402336ca33832c87ae50375
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170070/cdc_170070_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 17.74 KB ]