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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499024

WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,ELEVATOR,ELEVATOR SHAFT

Event
WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,ELEVATOR,ELEVATOR SHAFT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14499024
Report ID
626600

Event description

Employee crushed and killed in elevator pit

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was in an elevator pit cleaning up oil. He turned on the pit switch and the elevator came down, crushing him against a concrete beam at the rear of the pit. Employee #1 was killed. The elevator's electrical power system was not locked out or tagged out.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 39 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1

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