Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200033090 - Employee killed in fall down freight elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 200033090 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 11/17/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311369615	11/19/2007	1751	238350	Market Contracting Services

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on November 17, 2007, Employee #1, part of a work crew for Market Contracting Services, was doing interior work on the eleventh floor of an office condominium unit in Chicago, IL. He apparently left the work area to retrieve a tool from his vehicle, which was parked on the ground level. The freight elevator that he intended to take to the street had earlier been taken by a coworker to the first floor dock area. Employee #1 apparently opened the exterior alligator door to the freight elevator and stepped into the shaft. He fell 11 stories to the bottom of the shaft, and was killed. The lighting in the freight elevator area was minima. There were no witnesses to the incident.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LIGHTING, FALL, ELEVATOR SHAFT, INATTENTION, POOR VISIBILITY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	11		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311369615			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 110 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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