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Accident: 200850881 - Employee Killed In Fall With Car Frame Down Elevator Shaft

**Accident: 200850881 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 06/19/1999**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
300621133	06/22/1999	1796	Unique Lift Inc.

Employee #1 was on an elevator car frame hung on a wire rope from a pulley block. The block was slung on a cable attached to two rail blocks, one on either side of the shaft. One of the rail blocks let go and Employee #1 and the temporary car frame fell 12 floors down the new elevator shaft. He was killed. At the time of the accident, Employee #1 was working alone and was using no form of fall protection.

Keywords: hoisting mechanism, unsecured, work rules, construction, fall, fall protection, pulley, elevator shaft

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	15	175	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	300621133			Fatality	Other	Not specified mechanics and repairers	FallDist: FallHt:130 Cause: Elevator, escalator installation FatCause: Fall, other

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