OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388722
HEINZ, U.S.A., DIVISION OF H. J. HEINZ CO.
FREMONT, OH·
Event description
Employee killed when caught between elevator flights
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a maintenance welder, had started burning the chains off a flight e levator to put new flights on. He was working at ground level under the low flig hts, using a come-along to spread them apart, when the elevator started to move. Employee #1 was crushed between the flights, fracturing his skull. He was kille d. There were several causal factors related to this accident: no lockout proced ures were used, some electrical switches for the elevator were mismarked, and th e new employee was not properly trained and supervised in lockout. The elevator was set to travel at 40 ft per minute.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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