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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14289680

CONCRETE FORM WORK,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,HOUSEKEEPING,UNGUARDED,ELEVATOR SHAFT

Event
CONCRETE FORM WORK,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,HOUSEKEEPING,UNGUARDED,ELEVATOR SHAFT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14289680
Report ID
355111

Event description

Employee killed in fall down elevator shaft

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was assigned to form a parapet wall in preparation for a pour. He tr ipped or slipped on debris and fell 282 ft down an open elevator shaft. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 32 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    865
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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