Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 19355.015 - Employee falls in Elevator shaft and bleeds to death

Accident Summary Nr: 19355.015 -- Report ID: 0213400 -- Event Date: 06/16/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
471198.015	06/16/2012		238290	The Elevator Man, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on June 16, 2012, Employee #1, an owner, was riding the top of an elevator car while a coworker was controlling the elevator car inside the car. The employee was traveling on the top of the elevator car within the elevator shaft bringing tools to an upper floor. The employee fell between the shaft and the car and got caught between and suffered a leg injury. The employees leg that was caught between the shaft and the elevator car severed an artery in the leg and the employee bled to death.

Keywords: Caught Between, Confined Space, Elevator, Elevator Shaft, Fall

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	471198.015	64	M	Fatality		Elevator operators

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