OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221741176

DC ELEVATOR

FORT WAYNE, IN— 2025-02-06T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Compression, Compression Injury, Electronic Equipment, Electronic Technicn, Electronic Work, Elevator, Elevator Shaft, Engineering Controls, Falling Object, Fracture, Hemorrhage, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Hoistline, Inspecting, Inspection, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Loss of consciousness, Lost consciousness, Maintenance, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Shaft, Spine, Struck Against, Unconsciousness, Unresponsive, Vertebra, Working Alone
NAICS: 333921
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #348031188
Employer profile: DC ELEVATOR
Summary number: 221741176
Report ID: 0551800

Event description

Employee is fatally injured while performing elevator inspec

Investigation abstract

At 6:20 p.m. on February 6, 2025, Employee #1 was working as an electronics technician for an elevator and escalator supplier and was performing a routine maintenance inspection of an elevator. Employee #1 was found fatally injured on top of the elevator shaft.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 51 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
213

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