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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14271951

LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,ELEVATOR,UNGUARDED

Event
LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,ELEVATOR,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14271951
Report ID
112000

Event description

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN ELEVATOR AND LIFT PLATFORM

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WORKED AS A WEIGHMAN ON THE LOGAN LARGE-PAN WEIGHING STATION AND ELE VATOR. EMPLOYEE #1 CRAWLED THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE EXPANDED METAL GUARD. THE O PENING'S PURPOSE IS TO ALLOW COMPOUND PANS TO TRAVEL FROM THE CONVEYOR ROLLERS T O THE ELEVATOR LIFT. HE MAY HAVE WANTED TO FREE A MISALIGNED PAN WHICH WAS PREVE NTING THE ELEVATOR FROM ASCENDING TO THE SECOND FLOOR. WHEN HE ALIGNED THE PAN, THE LIFT AUTOMATICALLY ENERGIZED AND ROSE TO THE SECOND FLOOR. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS T RAPPED AND CRUSHED BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE ELEVATOR AND THE FRAME OF THE LIFT P LATFORM.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 21 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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