OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14532329
CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,ELEVATOR,POOR VISIBILITY
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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