OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14562615
PLATFORM,REPAIR,BRAKE,COUNTERBALANCE,INADEQUATE MAINT,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,ELEVATOR,MECH MALFUNCTION,ELEVATOR SHAFT
Event description
Employee killed when caught between an elevator and platform
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was on a running platform (the elevator floor minus the sides and ro of of the car) adjusting elevator doors that were malfunctioning on the ninth fl oor. The running platform started to move up and caught Employee #1 between the front of the platform and the front of the elevator shaft wall. The platform con tinued up to about 12 in. above the tenth floor. Employee #1 was killed. The acc ident was caused by improperly adjusted brakes (too close), which caused glazed brakes. As a result, the brakes did not hold and put all the work on the generat or, which overheated and shut down, leaving the platform without force to balanc e the counterweights. The weights pulled the car up.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 22
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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