OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893206
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
MCLEAN, VA·
Event description
One employee dies, two others injured when false car falls
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:50 a.m. on August 15, 1988, Employees #1 through #3 were rid ing a temporary working platform (false car) from the 11th floor down to the B-1 level to have lunch and to bring down the safety line to which the bloc stop wa s attached. The foreman, who was operating the hoist, said that he raised or inc hed the platform up for the employees to remove the safety. As they proceeded do wn a few feet, everything broke loose and the platform fell approximately 11 sto ries. Employee #1 died. Employees #2 and #3 were hospitalized.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 43 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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