OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14434344

MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,ELEVATOR,ELEVATOR SHAFT,MACHINE--MISC

1989-05-03T00:00:00

Event: MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,ELEVATOR,ELEVATOR SHAFT,MACHINE--MISC
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14434344
Report ID: 951510

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

#1 Fatality Age 48 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
4

Event type
2

Source
24

Occupation code
519

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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