OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #743096
CRUSHED,SHAFT,ELEVATOR
Event description
EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND CRUSHED IN ELEVATOR SHAFT
Investigation abstract
At 8:50 a.m. on October 18, 1989, Employee #1 was found trapped in between an el evator cab roof top and a ceiling of an elevator shaft. Interviews indicated Emp loyee #1 may have mistaken the cab roof for the interior of the elevator.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 433
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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