OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #768655
ACE BUILDING SERVICES
DALLAS, TX·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY DESCENDING ELEVATOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD MOUNTED A LADDER IN AN ELEVATOR HOISTWAY PIT. HE WAS WASHING THE T FLOOR WITH MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES. SPLATTERED BLOOD ON THE GLASS AND HIGH ON TH E PIT WALL INDICATED HE HAD REMOUNTED THE LADDER TO RETRIEVE A BRUSH HE HAD LEFT ON A LEDGE. WHEN THE ELEVATOR DESCENDED HE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD AND KILLED. HOISTWAY AND CAR WINDOWS AT THE FIRST FLOOR LEVEL. HE FINISHED THE JOB AND CLIM BED DOWN THE LADDER. HE WAS SEEN ON THE PIT FLOOR DISASSEMBLING THE LADDER. TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES, LOCATED ON TOP , OF THE CAR, WERE IN VOICE CONTACT WITH EMPLOYE E #1. AS SOON AS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEAR, ONE OF THE EMPLOY EES ON TOP OF THE CAR GAVE THE OK FOR THE ELEVATOR INSPECTOR TO RAISE THE ELEVAT OR. THE INSPECTOR TOOK THE ELEVATOR TO THE 16TH FLLOR WHERE THE INSPECTOR AND TW O OTHER EMPLOYEES EXITED THROUGH THE ROOF AND RETURNED THE ELEVATOR TO AUTOMATIC OPERATION. APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES LATER, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND DEAD ON THE PI
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- 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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