Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 840728 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FALLING BUILDING PANEL

Accident Summary Nr: 840728 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 02/20/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103005096	02/20/1992	1795	0	Allied Erection & Dismantling Co., Inc.

Abstract: SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING 4 X 8 FOOT TRANSITE PANELS FROM THE SIDE OF A BUILDING. FIRST THE TOP AND BOTTOM ROWS OF ANCHOR BOLTS WERE REMOVED FROM NUMEROUS PANELS. THE EMPLOYEE IN THE MAN-BASKET ATTACHED A HOOK TO A PANEL. (THE HOOK WAS PART OF A BLOCK AND TACKLE SYSTEM USED TO LOWER PANELS) HE REMOVED THE MIDDLE ROW OF BOLTS AND AN EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND LOWERED THE PANEL. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED THE PANEL BEING LOWERED AND GUIDED IT OVER TO BE LAID ON A PALLET. A PANEL LOCATED BELOW THE ONE BEING REMOVED WAS BLOWN OFF THE BUILDING AND FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH INJURIES.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103005096			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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