OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #753558

UNITED STATES ELEVATOR CORPORATION

SAN DIEGO, CA· 1988-07-21T00:00:00

Event: BEAM, CLOTHING, COUNTERBALANCE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, ELEVATOR, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101350338
Employer profile: UNITED STATES ELEVATOR CORPORATION
Summary number: 753558
Report ID: 931700

Event description

Employee killed when crushed between elevator parts

Investigation abstract

At approximately 5:00 p.m. on July 21, Employee #1 was on elevator #2 while elev ator #1, the adjacent elevator, was being operated. Employee #1 got too close to the counterweights on elevator #1 and his clothing became snagged by the moving apparatus. He was thrown onto the counterweights as they moved upward at a rate of 350 ft/min. Employee #1 was crushed and killed between the counterweights an d two horizontal beams.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
4

Event type
2

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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