On 14 September 2006 at Ras Laffan City, Qatar, a QGII Subcontractor Civil team was assigned to remove the upper door partition (transom panel) of a blast resistant door in preparation for switchgear installation. The transom panel (320 kg) was fastened to the door frame by 36 hex bolts and supported on a removable door frame beam. At 5:00 pm, the Charge Hand (acting as Foreman) instructed his crew to remove the transom panel manually by stationing two workers inside the doorway on a ladder (to push the panel out) and four workers outside on a 1 meter high wooden trestle to receive and lower the panel to the floor. The initial work crew of two on the ladder inside the doorway refused to push the panel out as they believed it was too heavy to be handled. The four workers on the wooden trestle also expressed concern as well as the Contractor Safety Officer who all believed the panel too heavy to be manually removed. The Charge Hand apparently did not recognize it as a blast resistant panel (much heavier than a standard panel) and was confident the panel could be easily managed by four workers. The Charge Hand overruled the workers & the Safety Officer. The two workers on the ladder were changed out by the Charge Hand and the new workers instructed to hammer/push out the panel. As the panel began moving, it rotated & fell towards the workers standing outside on the elevated wooden platform. Two workers were thrown partially clear & received minor injuries, while the other two workers were pinned beneath the dropped panel, resulting in a fatal head trauma injury and a severe chest injury (i.e. eight broken ribs).