OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #848267
HORWITZ MATTHEWS INC.
CHICAGO, IL·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by operational elevator
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:30 a.m. on October 24, 1988, Employee #1 entered an elevator pit to examine a sump pump that was installed to remove seepage from the pit. T he employee accessed the pit through the elevator door, which he then wedged ope n to prevent the elevator car from moving. The employee then crossed over to an adjoining pit where there was an operational elevator. He was crushed to death w hen that elevator car descended onto him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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