OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14434344
OTIS ELEVATOR CO
HONOLULU, HI·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by elevator
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:00 p.m. on May 3, 1989, during the routine servicing of an el evator, Employee #1 was standing on top of an elevator car. He was accidentally crushed and killed between the elevator hoistway components and the elevator car . The elevator controls were in the fully automatic position.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- HOISTING APPARATUS (24)
- Occupation
- Machinery maintenance occupations (519)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- SQUEEZE POINT ACTION (4)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.