Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 649525 - Employee killed when struck by falling metal door

Accident Summary Nr: 649525 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 09/07/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106867377	09/08/1995	1622	0	Yonkers Contracting Company Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was attempting to open a 14 ft by 14 ft steel door securing a storage area from theft and vandalism during construction. The established procedure was that a Cat payloader equipped with fork blades would support the door while two laborers removed a 4 in. by 8 in. by 16 ft wood plank that held the door in place. The payloader would then lift and carry the door away. Instead of waiting for the payloader and a coworker to arrive and help him lift the plank, Employee #1 decided to remove the plank by himself. A gust of wind blew, causing the door to fall and strike Employee #1 on the head. He suffered a fractured skull and crushed brain and was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, HIGH WIND, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SKULL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, DOOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106867377			Fatality	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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