OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #775445
UNSECURED,JAMMED,CRUSHED,ELEVATOR
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by dumbwaiter
Investigation abstract
At 9:30 a.m. on August 2, 1989, Employee #1 was on the second floor receiving in coming food products by a dumbwaiter. A box of chicken breast fell from the cab and lodged in a clear space between floors. As the dumbwaiter was sent down, it jammed against the box of chicken breast. Employee #1 entered the cab to free th e obstruction. The cab fell with the employee half in and half out, crushing him against the second floor and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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