OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221438708

KLEEBERG MECHANICAL SERVICES LLC

WATERBURY, CT· 2022-02-10T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force trauma, Brain, Contusion, Cutting, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Floor, Head, Heater, Ladder, Pipe, Struck Against, Struck By
NAICS: 238220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345787386
Employer profile: KLEEBERG MECHANICAL SERVICES LLC
Summary number: 221438708
Report ID: 0111500

Event description

Employee falls from ladder and dies from brain injury

Investigation abstract

At 8:25 a.m. on February 10, 2022, an employee worked to remove and take down a unit heater. After cutting the pipe connections, the employee cut the first section of thread rod that held the heater up. When the employee cut the second section, the heater fell, struck the ladder the employee was on, and caused both to fall. The employee struck his head on the floor and was hospitalized to treat multiple brain contusions, and a severe traumatic brain injury from blunt force trauma to the head. The employee died five days later from their injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 57 M

Event type
4

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