Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 62369.015 - Employee Crushed By Freight Elevator And Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 62369.015 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 05/30/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
978846.015	05/30/2014		238990	Restoration & Waterproofing Contractors Inc

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on May 30, 2014, an employee was riding on a freight elevator from the 1st floor to the 2nd floor. The employee began coughing and fell to the floor of the elevator as it was moving upward. The employee's head got head caught between the top of the elevator floor and the bottom of the 2nd floor. The employee was wearing a hard hat that fell off and down between the wall of the elevator shaft and the elevator floor to the pit in the basement. The employee was killed from their injuries.

Keywords: caught in, elevator, struck by

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	978846.015	41	M	Fatality		Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause:

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