Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14393573 - EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL AT GRAIN ELEVATOR

Accident Summary Nr: 14393573 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 03/21/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100477173	03/22/1988	4221	0	H.N.V. Riverfront Corp.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LAST SEEN ON LEVEL 8 OF THE GRAIN ELEVATOR OUTSIDE THE PERSONNEL ELEVATOR AT ABOUT 3:30 ON MARCH 21, 1988. HE WAS NOT SEEN AGAIN UNTIL ABOUT 7 PM, WHEN HE WAS FOUND ON THE TOP OF THE ELEVATOR. THE NEXT DAY THE ELEVATOR OUTER DOORS AN ALL 9 LEVELS WERE INSPECTED BY CSHO WOMACK AND THE COMPANY'S REPRESENTATIVES. THE INTER-LOCKS ON THESE DOORS EITHER DID NOT WORK AT ALL OR THEY COULD BE JARRED LOOSE BY HITTING THE DOOR IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER AND PULLING THEM OPEN. IT CAN ONLY BE ASSUMED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 OPENED THE OUTER DOORS AT LEVEL 8, WHERE HE AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES HAD GOTTEN OFF PREVIOUSLY. HE STEPPED INTO AN OPEN ELEVATOR SHAFT AND FELL AN UNKNOWN DISTANCE TO THE TOP OF THE ELEVATOR. THE TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES DID NOT SEE EMPLOYEE #1 AFTER THEY ORIGINALLY GOT OFF THE ELEVATOR.

Keywords: WORK RULES, OPEN SHAFT, INTERLOCK, FALL, GRAIN ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100477173			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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