OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14424113

WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,ELEVATOR

1987-05-19T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,ELEVATOR
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14424113
Report ID: 729300

Event description

Employee killed when struck by elevator

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on May 19, 1987, Employee #1 was attempting to retrieve something from the pit below a bank of three elevators. He shut off the power to two of th e elevators but failed to deactivate the third. The working elevator was put int o use while Employee #1 was in the pit. He was crushed and died at the scene.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 37 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
5

Event type
2

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
3

Task assigned
1

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