Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202287801 - Employee killed in fall down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 202287801 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 06/18/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109314047	06/24/1997	1711	0	Alert Fire Sprinklers, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was changing the fire sprinkler heads on the ceiling of a building under construction. He walked through a door into what appeared to be a closet on the second floor. The door was actually the entrance to an elevator shaft, and he fell 12 ft 4 in. onto the concrete floor. Employee #1 was killed. The elevator had not yet been installed.

Keywords: BARRIER GUARD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, UNGUARDED, ELEVATOR SHAFT

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	109314047			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Fireproofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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