Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170107445 - Employee is struck and killed by elevator

Accident Summary Nr: 170107445 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 09/18/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108559071	09/19/1990	3663	0	Thomson Consumer Electronics Inc

Abstract: At approximately 6:30 p.m. on September 18, 1990, Employee #1, a production group leader, entered the point of operation discharge side of a product transport elevator to reattach an electric eye reflector. The elevator, which had not been isolated and rendered inoperative, became energized and struck Employee #1 in the head, causing a fatal injury. The employee was transported by an ambulance to Monroe County Hospital in Bloomington, IN, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Keywords: HEAD, REPAIR, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, STRUCK BY, ELEVATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108559071			Fatality	Fracture	Supervisors, production occupations

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