OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14471627

REPAIR,WIRE ROPE,WORK RULES,BROKEN CABLE,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CRUSHED,ELEVATOR,FALLING OBJECT,ELEVATOR SHAFT

1990-01-09T00:00:00

Event: REPAIR,WIRE ROPE,WORK RULES,BROKEN CABLE,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CRUSHED,ELEVATOR,FALLING OBJECT,ELEVATOR SHAFT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14471627
Report ID: 524200

Event description

Employee crushed and killed by elevator in shaft

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working on an electrical/mechanical door latch on a freight elev ator in the motor room at the second floor level. When the elevator cable broke (snapped) and the freight car fell, he was trapped and crushed between the eleva tor car and shaft. Employee #1 died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 61 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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