Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201440039 - Employee killed in fall down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 201440039 -- Report ID: 0316120 -- Event Date: 02/26/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301098729	02/27/1997	1542	0	C. Vernon Burnette

Abstract: Employee #1 was demolishing an elevator when the expanded metal floor on which he was standing failed. He fell four stories within the elevator shaft and was killed.

Keywords: DEMOLITION, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, ELEVATOR, WORK SURFACE, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	5	50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301098729			Fatality	Other	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 45 feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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