OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14481048
V & G FASHIONS INC.
NEWARK, NJ·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL INTO OPEN SHAFTWAY AND WAS KILLED
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:15 AM ON AUGUST 5, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 OPENED A SHAFTWAY DOOR A ND FELL 18 FEET TO HIS DEATH. THE DOOR WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN INTERLOCK, WHICH WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE DOOR FROM OPENING WHEN THERE WAS NO ELEVATOR CAR AT TH E LANDING (2ND FLOOR). THE DOOR WAS OPENED BY A HOOK ATTACHED TO A WIRE WHICH PA SSED THROUGH THE DOOR TO THE LANDING SIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 SIMPLY PULLED ON THE WIRE AND IMMEDIATELY FELL INTO THE OPEN SHAFT TO ITS BOTTOM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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