OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489041
PERFECT BUILDING MAINTENANCE CORPORATION
NEW YORK, NY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:45 AM ON NOVEMBER 20, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DISCOVERED, DEAD, AT THE BOTTOM OF A FREIGHT ELEVATOR PIT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT TH E EMPLOYEE OPENED THE ELEVATOR DOORS, STEPPED INTO THE ELEVATOR SHAFT, AND FELL ABOUT 30 FEET TO THE BOTTOM. THE ELEVATOR CAR WAS BEING USED BY OTHER EMPLOYEES LOCATED ABOVE EMPLOYEE #1.
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.