Inspection Detail

Inspection: 18306910 - Domtar Paper Company, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Jackson Area Office

Investigation Summary

Employee #1, a summer student, was hired as a day maintenance helper. He and a coworker, another summer employee, were assigned to read motor numbers that were to be entered into the mill's maintenance system. They completed the task and were approximately 170 ft high on the guarded access stairs in the bleaching tower. The coworker told Employee #1 she would meet him later, then left him on the stairs at the top level in front of the elevator penthouse. Employee #1 was found dead on top of the EO tower, adjacent to and approximately 82 ft below where he was last seen. There were no witnesses to the accident.

Keywords: STAIR, TOWER