OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #660530
J. BILDNER & SONS
BROOKLINE, MA·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by dumbwaiter car
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:00 p.m. on February 3, 1989, Employee #1, age 18, who had bee n a meat clerk for 5 months, was attempting to operate a dumbwaiter. The mechani cal door interlocks had been overridden with wooden blocks, allowing the dumbwai ter to operate with the hoistway doors opened. Employee #1 enlisted the help of a coworker, who pushed the basement control button, sending Employee #1 down. Wh en he arrived at the basement floor, he apparently exited from the dumbwaiter, p ushed the first floor button, and attempted to reenter the dumbwaiter. He was pi nned between the dumbwaiter car and the top of the hoistway opening and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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