OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976357
ABC JANITOR SERVICES INC
SOUTH BEND, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT
Investigation abstract
Sometime between the evening of January 5, 1988, and the morning of January 6, 1 988, an employee fell from an 11th-floor elevator hatchway to a concrete surface at the bottom of am elevator shaft. The employee was found at the bottom of the elevator shaft at approximately 7:45 am on January 6, 1988. The fall distance w as approximately 110 feet to 120 feet. The elevator car was found stuck on the 1 2th floor and the hatchway door was found open on the 11th floor. The reason the employee was on the 11th floor is unknown.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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