OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14428924
FRONT RANGE BEAN CO., INC.
BERTHOUD, CO·
Event description
Employee injured when stuck elevator falls 50 ft
Investigation abstract
After Employee #1 moved a beam leg in the head house, he entered a personnel ele vator car and was on his way to the main floor. When the elevator stuck, Employe e #1 yelled to a coworker to get help. The coworker went to the shaft button and checked and jiggled the wire controls. The elevator car then fell approximately 50 feet. Employee #1's spine and legs were crushed. The elevator car, manufactu red by Viola Industries, was made to be operated by hand, not by power, as it wa s during the accident. The safety brakes and safeguards were missing.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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