Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115962.015 - Employee is killed in fall down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 115962.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 05/03/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1398409.015	05/03/2019		238210	Jc & A Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on May 3, 2019, Employee #1, employed by an electrical services company, was engaged in electrical work at a new commercial building. He was installing a temporary electrical box on the nineteenth floor and wiring or conduit pipes between the eighteenth and nineteenth floors. Employee #1 fell down an elevator shaft, from the nineteenth floor to the bottom of the shaft on the ninth floor. He was killed in the fall.

Keywords: Conduit, Construction, Electrical Box, Electrical Work, Electrician, Elevator Shaft, Fall, Fall Protection, Installing

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			10		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1398409.015	50	M	Fatality		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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