Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14424055 - Employee killed when crushed by counterweights of elevator

Accident Summary Nr: 14424055 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 09/30/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106560899	09/30/1988	2064	0	Leaf, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were cleaning out an elevator shaft. Employee #1 was sitting on the ledge on the first floor into which the counterweights fit. He told the coworker to take the elevator to the second floor. As the elevator car rose, the counterweights descended, crushing and killing Employee #1.

Keywords: COUNTERBALANCE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106560899			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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