Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 201110939 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BY ELEVATOR COUNTER-WEIGHT
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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126023183 | 03/22/1998 | 5251 | 0 | Home Depot |
Abstract: At 2:00 a.m. on March 22, 1998, Employee #1 was crushed by the counter weight of Elevator Number Two. Employee #1 had been approached by a store customer for help in retrieving a lost set of keys. The customer had dropped his set of keys in one of the elevators at the store. The keys had fallen down the elevator shaft. After checking the elevator car, Employee #1 entered the elevator equipment room, for which, as an assistant manager, he had been given a key. He was later found dead in the shaft of Elevator Number Two, crushed by the counter weight.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 126023183 | Fatality | Amputation | Managers and administrators, n.e.c |