Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127374.015 - Employee in elevator shaft is struck by falling bar and dies

Accident Summary Nr: 127374.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 06/29/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1481297.015	06/30/2020		238290	Parkway Elevators, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on June 29, 2020, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by an elevator company, were installing new elevator cable in a freight elevator during the renovation of a six-story commercial building. The coworker was standing on top of the elevator car that was just above the sixth floor. He was feeding elevator cable down to Employee #1, who was on the basement level of the elevator shaft. In the sixth floor hallway outside the elevator opening were two reel stands, Greenlee Model Number 687; a horizontal reel spindle bar; and a 140-foot long reel of elevator cable that was placed on the spindle bar. As the elevator cable ran low, it caused the reels to jerk. The horizontal reel spindle bar dislodged and fell through a 12.5-inch gap between the bottom of the elevator car and the sixth floor elevator opening. The spindle bar fell approximately 84.5 feet and struck Employee #1 in the head. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he died from his head injury on June 30, 2020.

Keywords: Construction, Elevator, Falling Object, Head, Installing, Mechanic, Metal Bar, Shaft, Spindle, Struck By, Support Cable

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			6		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1481297.015	61	M	Fatality		Mechanical engineering technicians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause:

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