Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200690733 - Elevator Installer Is Crushed and Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 200690733 -- Report ID: 0112600 -- Event Date: 06/02/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308348861	06/02/2005	1799	238990	Bay State Elevator Co.

Abstract: On June 2, 2005, Employee #1 and a coworker were installing a new elevator car in an assisted living complex under construction. The coworker was in the elevator car and Employee #1 was located between the car and the hoistway wall on the front side of the elevator. A temporary control unit (with an attached 50-ft cable) was hanging from a 6-ft step ladder in the car. According to the coworker, when the car was between the first and second levels of the building structure, it suddenly began to move in an upward direction. The coworker stated that he tried to stop the elevator by depressing the stop button on the temporary control unit. However, the elevator continued to move. When it reached the second level, the coworker exited the elevator car, and ran down a stairway to the first level to shut off the main power disconnect in a control room adjacent to the elevator hoistway. The coworker then found Employee #1 dead in the hoistway pit, lying in a prone position.

Keywords: INSTALLING, START BUTTON, CONSTRUCTION, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, SHAFT, DISCONNECTING MEANS, TEMPORARY WIRING, ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308348861			Fatality	Other	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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