OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14532329
NANA/MARRIOTT
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, AK·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between dumbwaiter and cover
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was assigned to go to the produce box and bring lunch supplies to th e kitchen. On his second trip, Employee #1 rode the dumbwaiter up (possibly on t he first trip also). Apparently, he pushed the wrong control button, and it sent the dumbwaiter up to level 3 rather than to level 2. He was crushed between the produce stacked in the dumbwaiter and the closed hatch cover. Employee #1 was m issing for approximately 2 hours before he was found dead in the dumbwaiter. The control buttons for the dumbwaiter are within reach, but not easily seen.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 Male
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- CHEST (5)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/ENGINEERNG CONTROLS (17)
- Environmental factor
- SQUEEZE POINT ACTION (4)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.