Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14352447 - Employee Apparently Asphyxiated While Cleaning Elevator Pit

Accident Summary Nr: 14352447 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 08/08/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1216845	08/14/1984	7349	0	Otis Elevator Co.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS APPARENTLY ASPHYXIATED WHILE CLEANING AN ELEVATOR PIT. HE WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN THE PIT. ITEMS FOUND ALONGSIDE EMPLOYEE #1 INCLUDED A CAN WHICH HAD CONTAINED METHYL CHLOROFORM (1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE), RAGS, PAPER TOWELS AND A MASONRY BRUSH COVERED WITH OIL RESIDUE.

Keywords: trichloroethane, unconsciousness, asphyxiated, confined space, cleaning, pit, elevator, elevator shaft

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1216845			Fatality	Asphyxia	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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