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Accident: 49588.015 - Employee Is Struck By Metal Gate And Is Killed

Accident: 49588.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 08/01/2013
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
924644.01508/02/2013T & R Painting Specialist, Inc.
At 4:30 p.m. on August 1, 2013, Employee #1, a painter, was securing a metal gate, weighing 2,000 pounds, in order to touch up the paint on a column. The gate fell on top of him, hitting his head, and killing him.
Keywords: paint, metal pole, head, painter, column, crushed, falling object, struck by
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant Alteration or rehabilitation $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 12 X
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 924644.015 49 M Fatality Bruise/Contus/Abras Painters, construction and maintenance FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause:
FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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