OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672915
STRUCK AGAINST,HOIST,FALL,STRUCK BY,ELEVATOR
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED DUE TO FALL FROM HOIST TOWER
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was installing stop and limit switch bars on a two-car personnel and material hoist system at the 12th-floor level of the hoist tower. Two other emp loyees were assisting with the process and were on top of one of the cars at gro und level. As the car at ground level began to ascend, the counterbalance struck the employee causing him to fall from the hoist tower. He struck the next lower level and was killed.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#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
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