Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200923605 - Employee Is Found Dead in Elevator Shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 200923605 -- Report ID: 0355125 -- Event Date: 06/13/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317158517	06/13/2013	1796	238290	Schindler Elevator Corporation

Abstract: On June 13, 2013, Employee #1 was repairing an elevator in a 4-story office building. The employee was found in the elevator shaft caught in between the elevator cab and an I-beam. Emergency Medical Service was called, and Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene.

Keywords: BEAM, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, REPAIR, CAUGHT BETWEEN, ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	4		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	317158517			Fatality	Other	Elevator installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Elevator (struck by elevator or counter-weights)

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