Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14388722 - Employee killed when caught between elevator flights

Accident Summary Nr: 14388722 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 08/22/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102375615	08/24/1987	2033	0	Heinz, U.S.A., Division Of H. J. Heinz Co.

Abstract: Employee #1, a maintenance welder, had started burning the chains off a flight elevator to put new flights on. He was working at ground level under the low flights, using a come-along to spread them apart, when the elevator started to move. Employee #1 was crushed between the flights, fracturing his skull. He was killed. There were several causal factors related to this accident: no lockout procedures were used, some electrical switches for the elevator were mismarked, and the new employee was not properly trained and supervised in lockout. The elevator was set to travel at 40 ft per minute.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, WORK RULES, WELDER, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, SKULL, ELEVATOR, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102375615			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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