OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893743
HEAD,GUARDRAIL,ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,ASBESTOS REMOVAL,STRUCK BY,ELEVATOR,FACE
Event description
Employee injured when struck by elevator
Investigation abstract
On the morning of March 16, 1989, Employee #1 and his foreman, both of whom work ce and then the back of his head. He suffered severe lacerations and was hospita lized. Neither employee was wearing fall protection, nor were there guardrails a top either elevator car. From the location of the accident, the employees could have fallen approximately 40 to 50 ft to the bottom of the shaft. ed for an asbestos removal company, were removing asbestos residue from a high p ressure water wash within an elevator shaft that housed two passenger cars. They were on the roof of car #2 setting up a vacuum cleaner, drop light, and power c ord. Car #2 had been placed in a hand-controlled inspection mode, while car #1 w as left in service for building employees and the public. Car #2 was located at the fifth floor, and as the foreman started to move it down, Employee #1 noticed a particle of possible asbestos on the underside of car #1. He was reaching acr oss to examine it when car #1 started down, catching his arm and striking his fa
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 9020
- Task assigned
- 2
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