Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201362431 - Employee Is Struck by Pipe Wrench and Falls from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201362431 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 07/15/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308768423	08/11/2005	1796	238290	Roncali'S Overhead Door Of Greenville

Abstract: Employee #1, the lead man, was working from a stepladder preparing to remove an industrial roll-up steel overhead door that was struck in the lowered position. Employee #1 was holding a pipe wrench on the end of the shaft and instructed another employee that was also on a step ladder on the opposite side to loosen a bolt. As the bolt was loosened the tension on the spring caused the shaft to turn and the wrench struck Employee #1 in the head and he fell from the ladder striking the concrete floor. Employee #1 suffered a concussion and was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, LADDER, PIPE WRENCH, FALL, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308768423			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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