Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200022465 - Employee crushed to death by elevator car

Accident Summary Nr: 200022465 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 10/19/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304734031	10/19/2001	1741	0	Igor Construction

Abstract: On October 19, 2001, an employee was kneeling on an elevator car platform and raising the car at the same time. He was looking under the car to if the elevator was operating properly. As he raised the car with the mechanics portable control, his head was crushed between the floor of the car and the elevator door frame. The employee died.

Keywords: PLATFORM, HEAD, MECHANIC, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, ELEVATOR, DOOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	10		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304734031			Fatality	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause: Elevator (struck by elevator or counter-weights)

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