OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443030
ELEVATOR GATE,JUMP ON MOVING EQUIP,INTERLOCK,FALL,ELEVATOR
Event description
CAUGHT BETWEEN ELEVATOR CAR AND SHAFT AND FELL
Investigation abstract
On November 9,1984, at approximately 5:10 pm, an employee was walking by an elev ator. The elevator doors were open with the elevator parked at the first floor. The employee reached into the elevator with his right hand and hit the control t o move the elevator up. The elevator started moving upward. The employee tried t o jump onto the moving elevator and got his legs pinned between the car floor an d the elevator shaft wall. The elevator carried him up approximately 10 ft to 15 ft. The employee then fell to the bottom of the shaft pit, approximately 35 ft below. The employee died of a basal skull fracture.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 749
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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