Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201570504 - Employee killed in fall into elevator pit

Accident Summary Nr: 201570504 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 05/12/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302764527	05/13/1999	1799	0	High Plains Builders Inc.

Abstract: A two man crew of millwrights was replacing a belt on an elevator leg. The leg ran into a pit just over 25-feet deep. They had replaced the belt and were in the process of adjusting the belt. The adjustment was done in the bottom of the pit. The crew had removed a cover from an access or hoist hole to lower tools and materials and to supply light to the bottom of the pit area. The cover had been partly replaced, but it was not supported at one corner. Employee #1 was crossing the area to show a coworker, who witnessed the accident, where the alignment marks were located on the leg. Employee #1 stepped on the cover and fell to his death.

Keywords: COVER, REPAIR, LACERATION, PIT, FALL, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000		80	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302764527			Fatality	Other	Millwrights	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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