Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200083475 - Employee Is Killed in Fall Down Elevator Shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 200083475 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 07/31/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311759054	07/31/2008	1799	238990	Brian Millett Dba Welding 4u/Liberty Welding

Abstract: Employee #1, a sole proprietor, was welding a beam connecting the travel beams of an elevator system. A platform had been constructed between the two shafts. Employee #1 either set up his ladder or used the step ladders already set up on the platform. Employee #1 used the platform to access the area where the beam was sitting on the angle iron seat. Employee #1 welded one side. Employee #1 was witnessed on the platform, over his welder machine, and somehow either stepped back or lost his balance and fell back into the unguarded end of the platform and fell approximately 37 feet. Employee #1 suffered unspecified fracture injuries and was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LADDER, WELDER, WELDING, FALL, ELEVATOR, LOST BALANCE, UNGUARDED, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	4	50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311759054			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 37 feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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