Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 659771 - Employee killed in fall down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 659771 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 01/23/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18109561	01/25/1988	1742	0	U.S. Partitions, Incorporated

Abstract: At approximately 8:17 a.m. on January 23, 1988, Employee #1, a foreman, was on the 12th floor of a building placing two 2 by 6 planks across an elevator shaft so he could stand on the planks and pull a 2 by 9 piece of core board into place. When he stepped on the boards, they broke and he fell approximately 100 feet onto the roof of an elevator car that was parked on the second floor. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18109561			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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