Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 58389.015 - Employee, Crushed By Elevator, Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 58389.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 02/21/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
959928.015	02/22/2014		238290	Midsouth Elevator, Llc

Abstract: At 5:15 p.m. on February 21, 2014, an employee was dispatched to a hotel to repair a malfunctioning elevator. The employee was working alone inside an elevator shaft trying to troubleshoot the elevator. The elevator was somehow activated and rose to the top floor with the employee working on top of it. The employee was pinned between the top of the elevator and the overhead concrete ceiling. He received trauma to the chest and was killed

Keywords: crushing, elevator, elevator shaft, lockout, lockout/tagout, repair

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	959928.015	24	M	Fatality		Elevator installers and repairers

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