Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14540587 - Employee killed in fall down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 14540587 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 01/20/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18109660	01/21/1988	1796	0	Dover Elevator Company, Incorporated

Abstract: Employee #1 was erecting sections of a tubular welded-frame scaffold inside an enclosed elevator shaft. He was attempting to leave the shaft through the future door opening of a second shaft (elevator #2), in which a standard wooden guardrail had been installed. Employee #1 stepped off the scaffold and onto the concrete sill for elevator #2. He then tried to jump over the guardrail while supposedly holding onto a cement block. The block allegedly broke, causing Employee #1 to fall three floors into the elevator pit. He was killed. It was later determined that Employee #1 may not have grabbed the block, but had tried to grab it and missed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18109660			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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