Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202342036 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Elevator

Accident Summary Nr: 202342036 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 02/21/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311831523	02/21/2008	1796	238290	Ssb Hoist Inc

Abstract: On February 21, 2008, Employee #1, an elevator technician, was riding atop the car of a personnel hoist to perform lubrication and inspection. He was killed when his head became caught between a hoist car guardrail and a metal plate near the fourth/fifth floor level.

Keywords: HEAD, MAINTENANCE, GUARDRAIL, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, CONCUSSION, ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR SHAFT, LUBRICATING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	11	50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311831523			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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