OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #848317
YOUNGS ELECTRIC INC.
CHICAGO, IL·
Event description
Employee killed in fall through elevator shaft
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, an electrician, was working near an open elevator shaft. He fell th rough the unguarded wall opening and down two stories. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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