OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221656390

PIO'S GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.

JOLIET, IL· 2024-04-09T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Carpenter, Catch Point, Caught Between, Concussion, Construction, Contusion, Crushed, Elevator, Elevator Shaft, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Head, Inexperience, Laborer, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Material Handling, Moving Object, Pinch Point, Pinched, Platform, Sprain, Torso, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 238350
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347402604
Employer profile: PIO'S GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Summary number: 221656390
Report ID: 0521700

Event description

Employee dies after crushed by elevator and fall into shaft

Investigation abstract

At 9:54 p.m. on April 9, 2024, an employee working as a general laborer for a feet into the elevator shaft. The employer called emergency services and EMS treated the employee onsite before transporting him to a local hospital. The employee died from his injuries in the hospital. finish carpentry contractor was moving a 12-foot wooden food cabinet from the ground level to the second floor of a building using a service elevator. While moving the cabinet out of the elevator, the employee inadvertently made contact with the "up" control button on side of elevator. The elevator platform began to move upwards toward the third floor. The employee panicked and attempted to jump out of the moving elevator onto the second floor at which time he was caught between the elevator platform and top of the elevator shaft wall. The employee sustained crushing injuries and injuries from falling approximately 12

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Event type
2

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