The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, July 27th 2017 by OSHA representitives in New York, NY after learning of an incident at Macy'S which had occured on Tuesday, July 25th 2017. A 56 year old Engineering technician had been killed when the employee fell in coma when struck by falling crimping tool,
Accident Date2017-07-25
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 7:30 a.m. on July 24, 2017, an employee and a coworker were fixing a leak in a ceiling. The cowoker was using a crimping tool that weighed 19 lbs and fell from the ladder. As he fell, the crimping tool struck the employee in his face and fell into a coma. The employee died on August 26, 2017 from multiple injuries that included blunt force trauma to the frontal lobe of the head, bone fracture behind the ear, and a lacerated kidney.