OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14347645
MOUNT VERNON MILLS, INC., TALLASSEE DIV.
TALLASSEE, AL·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from freight elevator
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was on the top of an Otis #2 freight elevator at the fourth floor us ing an air hose to remove lint from the elevator shaft. Employee #1 fell approxi mately 53 ft from the top of the elevator to the bottom of the shaft. He was kil led.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- HOISTING APPARATUS (24)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/WRITN WRK PRAC PROG. (18)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.