Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 723411 - Employee is struck and killed by falling panel

Accident Summary Nr: 723411 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 06/09/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108719972	06/14/1994	1796	0	B.L. Nickelson Iron & Metal Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was assisting a welder/burner as a fire watch in press lane 151 or 153. The burner cut the support base from under an electrical control panel weighing approximately 250 to 300 pounds and located 11 1/2 to 13 1/2 feet above the floor. The panel fell and struck Employee #1 in the head and killed him. The equipment fell to the floor because another employee had either cut or burned the main support base from under the electrical panel and left it suspended by bolts and a pipe not strong enough to hold it in place.

Keywords: HEAD, PANEL, UNSECURED PANEL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108719972			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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