Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200600575 - Employee killed in fall down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 200600575 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 05/06/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302341821	05/07/1999	5044	0	Marshall Clegg

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a freight elevator to move furniture from one floor to another. He summoned the elevator to the fourth floor to load a cartload of furniture. When he thought the car had arrived, he opened the elevator door and began backing in with the cartload of office furniture. Employee #1 fell down the elevator shaft, landing on the top of the elevator car, which was actually still in the basement. He was killed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, FALL, MECH MAT HANDLING, WALKING BACKWARD, ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR SHAFT, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302341821			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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