Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170700264 - Employee struck by pressurized cylinder

Accident Summary Nr: 170700264 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 07/29/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119933794	07/30/1993	7812	0	Warner Brothers Studios

Abstract: At about 8:45 p.m. on July 29, 1993, an accident occurred at the stage #31 ranch facility of Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, CA. Employee #1, a 48-year-old special effects technician, was hit by a plywood piston while rehearsing a scene from a film called Demolition Man. Employee #1 was sitting inside a dummy car when a pressurized cylinder prematurely blew off and pushed him into the windshield. Employee #1 was knocked out temporarily. Paramedics from the Burbank Fire Department transported Employee #1 to Saint Joseph Medical Hospital, where he was treated for a minor injury, placed under observation, and released.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, CYLINDER, HIGH PRESSURE, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119933794			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Engineering technicians, n.e.c.

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