OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14424113
RAILTON RESIDENCE
ST. LOUIS, MO·
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
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#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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