Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202501250 - Employee Is Struck by Falling Panel, Is Slightly Injured

Accident Summary Nr: 202501250 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 03/07/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311799415	03/07/2008	1795	238910	Todds Specialized Rigging Llc

Abstract: A crew of employees had been working for five days removing the interior components and some of the exterior walls of a large walk-in freezer that was located inside of a plant. One coworker was working on the top of the walk-in freezer cutting the roof from the exterior wall to remove the last section of roof. The exterior wall and roof panels consisted of light gauge steel framing that had sections of foam sandwiched between two layers of the light gauge metal. The roof panel was suspended on one side with three chains wrapped around support members of the freezer roof and the open web metal roof trusses of the building. The coworker located on the roof called Employee #1 to get him down from the roof with the scissor lift. Employee #1 was moving the scissor lift when it contacted the outside wall and the roof panel fell on top of him, striking him in the head. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital where he was treated and released with minor injuries.

Keywords: HEAD, PANEL, WALL, STRUCK AGAINST, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, AERIAL LIFT, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Demolition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311799415			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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