Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14543128 - Employee killed in fall down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 14543128 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 02/01/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1961077	02/07/1985	1721	0	Campbell Decorating Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1961069	02/07/1985	1731	0	Wright-Brown Electric Company, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1960178	02/04/1985	1796	0	Atlanta Elevator Erectors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1960145	02/01/1985	6512	0	Atlantic Realty Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1960186	02/04/1985	1742	0	Walls, Incorporated
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1961085	02/07/1985	1711	0	Emc Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1961119	02/07/1985	1542	0	Bcb Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1961101	02/07/1985	1711	0	Mckenney'S Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1961093	02/07/1985	1731	0	Johnson Controls Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 and five coworkers rode the Otis freight elevator from the third to the ninth floor. The elevator operator got out of the car and held the hoistway door open. As Employee #1 was exiting, the extension cord he had coiled around his left shoulder became caught on the elevator control, holding it in the 'up' position. The elevator car started up, pulling him into the shaft. He fell to the bottom of the pit, suffering multiple head and body injuries. Employee #1 was killed. The freight elevator had been installed in April, 1924. It had a toggle-type deadman control which, when pushed and held in one direction, took the elevator up, and vice versa. The elevator was being changed to a pulley automatic system. New hoistway doors had been installed but were not yet interlocked, so the elevator was able to move even though the doors were open. The elevator car gate had also been removed.

Keywords: DEADMAN CONTROL, ELEVATOR SHAFT, ELEVATOR GATE, ELEVATOR, FALL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, INTERLOCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1961077			Occupation Not Listed
2	1961069			Occupation Not Listed
3	1960178			Occupation Not Listed
4	1960145			Occupation Not Listed
5	1960186	Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported
6	1961085			Occupation Not Listed
7	1961119			Occupation Not Listed
8	1961101			Occupation Not Listed
9	1961093			Occupation Not Listed

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