Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14307797 - One employee killed, one crushed by elevator counterweight

Accident Summary Nr: 14307797 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 09/12/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109891572	09/12/1990	1741	0	K.R.S. Rehabilitation Corp.

Abstract: On Wednesday, September 12, 1990, Employees #1 and #2, laborers, had been assigned to block the windows of a parking garage with concrete blocks. The windows were located in the rear of the garage, which had an elevator shaft on the other side. The Tatan #2 elevator, serial #2362, which was used to bring cars to the higher floors to be parked, was taken out of service while the employees were preparing to block in the windows. When the garage superintendent needed to use the elevator he told the employees in both Spanish and English to move away. They did. The superintendent went up in the elevator but it jammed. Employee #1 was struck in the head by the elevator's counterweight at the open window and killed. Employee #2 was severely injured.1

Keywords: CLEARANCE, HEAD, COUNTERBALANCE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, ELEVATOR, COMMUNICATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109891572			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	109891572			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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