OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489165
CREST STEEL ERECTORS
NEW YORK, NY·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN FALL DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND THE FOREMAN WERE LOCATED ON THE THIRD FLOOR NEXT TO THE ELEVATOR THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT. HE DIED OF INTERNAL INJURIES. SHAFT. THEY WERE TRYING TO REMOVE A ONE INCH CHOKER THAT HAD BEEN FASTENED AROU ND A COLUMN BY A SHACKLE. A RECENTLY INSTALLED VERTICAL PIPE RESTRICTED THE AREA BETWEEN THE PIPE AND COLUMN TO ABOUT 1 3/8 INCHES. AS THEY WERE PULLING THE CAB LE THROUGH, THE KNUCKLE OF THE EYE SPLICE GOT JAMMED BECAUSE OF LACK OF CLEARANC E. EMPLOYEE #1 PLACED HIMSELF ON THE LEDGE, OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER RAILING, SO TH AT HE COULD PULL ON THE CABLE WHILE THE FOREMAN PUSHED FROM THE OTHER SIDE. THE CABLE SUDDENLY FREED, CAUSING EMPLOYEE #1 TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL DOWN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT TO THE THIRD SUB-BASEMENT LEVEL. HE STRUCK A WATER PIPE AND THEN
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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