A Hong Kong labour group has called workers to use step platforms after a worker died following a fall from a wooden ladder.

A 66-year-old New Jersey man died in a work-related accident involving a ladder and an HVAC unit at Kings Village in Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania State Police announced.

Adrian Jones, 61, had been working at Montgomery Waters in Churchstoke when the accident happened on Monday, January 6.