OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489025

MONADNOCK CONSTRUCTION, INC.

BROOKLYN, NY· 1987-10-23T00:00:00

Event: INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FLOOR OPENING, ELEVATOR SHAFT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #17649062
Employer profile: MONADNOCK CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Summary number: 14489025
Report ID: 215000

Event description

Employee killed in fall down elevator shaft

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a labor foreman, was on the second floor of a building, covering a floor opening for an elevator shaft. He was killed when he fell through the open ing approximately 24 ft to the shaft pit.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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