OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14307987

HEAD,NECK,STRUCK BY,DECAPITATED,ELEVATOR

1989-02-03T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,NECK,STRUCK BY,DECAPITATED,ELEVATOR
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14307987
Report ID: 214200

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEH STRUCK BY MOVING ELEVATOR

Investigation abstract

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on February 3, 1989, with no known direct witnesses i rst floor, traveling at a rated travel distance of 150 ft per minute. It passed Employee #1 with his head still in the shaft and decapitated him. n the area, it appears Employee #1, in a effort to locate the cab of the Otis ov erhead traction, gerred 7500 lb-rated-capacity freight elevator, Serial Number 1 09005, approximately 11 ft 3 in. deep, 8 ft 3 in. wide and 10 ft high, placed hi s head into an opening approximately 12 in. wide by 18 in. tall and approximatel y 57 in. above the floor created by a missing vision panel on the upper door of a two section horizontal motorized bi-parting Peelle elevator door. The door was located on the sixth floor of a seven story industrial complex building. When h e did so, the elevator cab came down from the seventh floor on its way to the fi

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 20 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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