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Accident Summary Nr: 14384945 - BEHEADED WHEN HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN ELEVATOR BOTTOM AND GUARD

Accident Summary Nr: 14384945 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 11/19/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1333426	11/14/1984	1542	0	Schal Associates Inc.

Abstract: ON NOVEMBER 19, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:15 A.M, EMPLOYEE #1, A CARPENTER, WAS INSTALLING A HOISTWAY-LANDING OPENING GUARD AT THE #1 ELEVATOR SHAFT IN THE MAIN LOBBY OF THE EAST BUILDING. HIS HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE ELEVATOR CAR AND THE TOP OF THE PARTIALLY BUILT GUARD (MADE OF 3/4 INCH PLYWOOD), WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BEHEADED. HAD THE HOISTWAY LANDING OPENING BEEN COMPLETELY GUARDED BEFORE ANYONE WAS ALLOWED TO OPERATE THE ELEVATOR, THE ACCIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED. THE ELEVATOR WAS BEING OPERATED BY EMPLOYEES OF THE ELEVATOR CONTRACTOR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

Keywords: HEAD, CARPENTER, GUARD, CONSTRUCTION, ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1333426			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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