OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14488837
NUWAY SALES
NEW YORK, NY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED IN SIDEWALK ELEVATOR ACCIDENT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, THE COMPANY PRESIDENT AND FACTORY REP, WAS ASSISTING THE TRUCK DRIV EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PULLED INTO THE ELEVATOR SHAFT HEAD FIRST. HIS CHEST WAS CRUSHE D BETWEEN THE OVERHEAD GUIDE RAIL FOR THE FOLDING GATE AND THE ANGLE IRON FOR TH E SHAFT OPENING. HE DIED OF MASSIVE INTERNAL INJURIES. ER IN LOADING KITCHEN CABINETS ONTO A SIDEWALK FREIGHT ELEVATOR. THE SAFETY INTE RLOCK FOR THE ELEVATOR'S FOLDING GATES HAD BEEN TAPED IN A BYPASS POSITION, ALLO WING THE ELEVATOR TO DESCEND WITH THE GATE OPEN. THE ELEVATOR'S CAB WAS OVERLOAD ED WITH CABINETS, WEDGING THE FOLDING GATE (IN A CLOSED OR COMPACT CONDITION) AG AINST THE FRONT WALL OF THE SHAFT. THIS PREVENTED THE ELEVATOR FROM DESCENDING S O THAT, WHEN THE ELEVATOR OPERATOR PRESSED THE "DOWN" BUTTON, THE ELEVATOR CABLE WAS RELEASED FROM THE CABLE DRUM. EMPLOYEE #1 LEANED INTO THE ELEVATOR TO REMOV E SOME CABINETS. REMOVING THE CABINETS FREED THE GATE, ALLOWING THE CAB TO DROP.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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