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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14543128

DEADMAN CONTROL,ELEVATOR SHAFT,ELEVATOR GATE,ELEVATOR,FALL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,INTERLOCK

Event
DEADMAN CONTROL,ELEVATOR SHAFT,ELEVATOR GATE,ELEVATOR,FALL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,INTERLOCK
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14543128
Report ID
418100

Event description

Employee killed in fall down elevator shaft

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and five coworkers rode the Otis freight elevator from the third to tem. New hoistway doors had been installed but were not yet interlocked, so the elevator was able to move even though the doors were open. The elevator car gate had also been removed. the ninth floor. The elevator operator got out of the car and held the hoistway door open. As Employee #1 was exiting, the extension cord he had coiled around h is left shoulder became caught on the elevator control, holding it in the 'up' p osition. The elevator car started up, pulling him into the shaft. He fell to the bottom of the pit, suffering multiple head and body injuries. Employee #1 was k illed. The freight elevator had been installed in April, 1924. It had a toggle-t ype deadman control which, when pushed and held in one direction, took the eleva tor up, and vice versa. The elevator was being changed to a pulley automatic sys

Victims (9)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  3. #982 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  4. #983 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  5. #984 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  6. #985 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  7. #986 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  8. #987 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  9. #988 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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