Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14399232 - Employee Killed In Fall From Top Of Elevator Car

Accident Summary Nr: 14399232 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 09/25/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1393313	09/26/1984	1793	0	United Glass And Accoustical Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was a member of a five-man work crew that was inside an elevator shaft attempting to transport a 57 1/2 in. by 76 1/2 in. sheet of mirror glass from ground level to the third floor. The glass was positioned on a 70 1/2 in. by 105 in. wooden platform constructed on top of an elevator car. Employee #1 slipped from the rear of the unguarded platform and fell approximately 30 feet to the concrete floor of the pit area. He was killed.

Keywords: work rules, slip, construction, fall, elevator, unguarded, elevator shaft, unstable position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1393313			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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