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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #768713

COMMUNICATION CABLE,CRUSHED,ELEVATOR,ELEVATOR SHAFT

Event
COMMUNICATION CABLE,CRUSHED,ELEVATOR,ELEVATOR SHAFT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
768713
Report ID
626300

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BY COUNTER-WEIGHT

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was securing communication cables to the wall of the elevator shaft at the ground level inside of elevator shaft number 5. Employee #1 was crushed b y the elevator counter-weight from elevator number 6.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 23 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    2
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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