OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14424949

CLEARANCE,HEAD,WORK RULES,DESCENDING,STRUCK BY,ELEVATOR

1987-09-08T00:00:00

Event: CLEARANCE,HEAD,WORK RULES,DESCENDING,STRUCK BY,ELEVATOR
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14424949
Report ID: 729300

Event description

Employee killed when head struck by freight elevator

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 stuck his head in the vision panel opening of a freight elevator doo r. He was killed when his head was struck by the elevator car as it descended.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Nature of injury
7

Part of body
20

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
3

Task assigned
1

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