Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200031326 - Employee killed when crushed by elevator

Accident Summary Nr: 200031326 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 06/01/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304084528	06/01/2001	1796	0	Phoenix Elevator Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a helper, and an elevator mechanic, completed servicing the North Elevator and were returning it to service. The elevator mechanic exited the elevator and Employee #1 followed. Employee #1 switched the car operating device from inspection to run. Jumpers that had been used to bypass the hoist way door interlock had not been removed and the elevator immediately began to ascend. Employee #1 was caught between the elevator and hoist way as the elevator ascended and was killed.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, CAUGHT BY, INTERLOCK, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	16		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304084528			Fatality	Asphyxia	Elevator installers and repairers	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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