OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14431886
BARRIER GUARD,WORK RULES,LIGHTING,FALL,ELEVATOR,ELEVATOR SHAFT,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed in fall down elevator shaft
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 opened the fire doors leading to Elevator #2. He walked in and was k illed when he fell down the shaft. The light switch for the room, which was insi de and to the right of the elevator fire doors, was not working and Employee #1 may have thought the elevator car was at this landing. The inside elevator door had been propped open with a stick, exposing the shaft.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 13
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 14
- Task assigned
- 1
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