OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379655
PIQUA ENGINEERING, INC.
PIQUA, OH·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY DESCENDING ELEVATOR CAR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO PERFORM SOME ELECTRICAL TROUBLE-SHOOTING IN THE ELE VATOR PIT OF A DUPLEX ELEVATOR SYSTEM. THE TWO ELEVATORS ARE SEPARATED BY A 4 IN CH WIDE BEAM. THE #1 ELEVATOR WAS OUT OF OPERATION WHILE THE #2 ELEVATOR WAS WOR KING. THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED INSIDE THE #1 ELEVATOR SHAFT AND ONTO THE SEPARATOR B EAM. HE WAS STRUCK BY THE #2 ELEVATOR AND CRUSHED BETWEEN THE BEAM AND THE DESCE NDING CAR. A WITNESS STATED THAT THE EMPLOYEE APPEARED TO LEAN FORWARD TOWARD TH E #2 ELEVATOR.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 14
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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