Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201570645 - Employee Crushed by Moving Elevator Car

Accident Summary Nr: 201570645 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 09/11/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303673420	09/11/2000	1796	0	Dover Elevator

Abstract: Two employees were completing the installation of an elevator. When the employee who was working on the second floor heard strange noises coming from the first floor he went to investigate. He found his coworker caught between the elevator car and first floor. The employee who was crushed by the elevator died of his injuries.

Keywords: INSTALLING, CAUGHT BY, CRUSHED, NOISE, ELEVATOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303673420			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause: Elevator (struck by elevator or counter-weights)

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