OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #686238
ASPHYXIATED,ELEVATOR,ELEVATOR SHAFT,PINNED,CAUGHT BETWEEN
Event description
Employee killed between elevator and elevator shaft
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 entered an elevator on the third floor after making a final check. D ue to unknown reasons, actions, and elevator functions, Employee #1 became wedge d between the elevator car and the elevator shaft. She was asphyxiated and died.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 F
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 448
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- 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
-
#982 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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