A man who died after his head collided with a roller shutter door while he was at work has been named. Anthony Webb, 59, died on Tuesday, September 6, at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in Cardiff, a day after the incident at Gardners print manufacturers in Pontprennau on the morning of Monday, September 5.
An inquest opening at Pontypridd Coroners' Court heard how the roller shutter door which Mr Webb was trying to fix swung and hit him in the head with such force he collapsed to the ground. Colleagues administered emergency CPR and rang the emergency services and minutes later paramedics arrived as well as officers from South Wales Police.
Mr Webb, of Pontypridd and originally from Church Village, was then transferred to UHW where he died from his injuries. Dr Stephen Leadbeatter carried out a post-mortem examination on September 14. He advised that a medical cause of death could be recorded as blunt force head injury including a left-side skull fracture with a laceration to the head.
