OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14314363
CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,ELEVATOR,ELEVATOR SHAFT
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between elevator and wall
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was keeping the public from using an elevator that was under repair. He was moving in and out of the elevator car when it started moving and caught Employee #1 between the elevator and the hoistway wall. He was dragged approxima tely 23 feet to the main floor and killed.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 426
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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