OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342422
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
MIAMI, FL·
Event description
HEAD CRUSHED BETWEEN ELEVATOR CAR AND LANDING
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND AN ADJUSTER WERE TESTING AND ADJUSTING AN ELEVATOR TO PREPARE IT LANDING. FOR FINAL INSPECTION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE PIT UNDERNEATH THE CAR, WHILE THE ADJUSTER WAS STANDING ON THE FIRST FLOOR LANDING. THE ADJUSTER RAISED THE CAR AP PROXIMATELY ONE INCH SO THAT EMPLOYEE #1 COULD REMOVE THE 4 INCH BY 4 INCH BY 7 FOOT TIMBERS WHICH WERE SUPPORTING THE CAR. THE ADJUSTER THEN LOWERED THE CAR TO THE PROPER WORKING HEIGHT. THE ADJUSTER TURNED AROUND TO LOOK FOR A SMOKE DETEC TOR ON THE CEILING. HE THEN TURNED BACK TOWARDS THE CAR AND PLACED HIS FOOT ON T HE FLOOR OF THE CAR. THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO FALL A FEW INCHES. EMPLOYEE #1'S HEA D WAS CAUGHT AND CRUSHED BETWEEN THE BASE OF THE FALLING CAR AND THE FIRST FLOOR
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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