OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #733089
F.W. WOOLWORTH COMPANY - STORE NUMBER 26
CLEVELAND, OH·
Event description
Employee killed by freight elevator counterweight
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was hired as an independent contractor to remove and replace conduit on the third floor. (Due to the removal of some storage bins, the old conduit w as an overhead hazard.) While transporting two ladders from the basement using o ne of two freight elevators, a ladder evidently caught part of the conduit to th e elevator as the elevator moved upward. The elevator became stuck between the s econd and third floors. To inspect the damage, Employee #1 climbed out on a beam between the two freight elevators. The other elevator was called and began trav eling up from the basement. The descending counterweights struck and killed Empl oyee #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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