Type B Accident Investigation of the March 26, 1999, Worker Injury at the East Tennessee Technology Park, Three-Building Decontamination and Decommissioning and Recycle Project Site

On March 26, 1999, an employee of IDM was injured by a flying piece of chainlink fence during the demolition of the K-33 Switchyard at ETTP.

Office of Environment, Health, Safety & Security

May 1, 1999
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May 1, 1999

On March 26, 1999, at approximately 11:00 a.m., an employee of IDM Environmental Corporation (IDM) was injured by a flying piece of chainlink fence during the demolition of the K-33 Switchyard at East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). At the time of the accident, he and a coworker were egressing a work area at Building K-791 North in the K-33 Switchyard where they had been removing buss bars from air circuit breaker (ACB) cabinets.