Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 672915 - EMPLOYEE KILLED DUE TO FALL FROM HOIST TOWER

Accident Summary Nr: 672915 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 07/31/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101940328	08/01/1989	1791	0	John F. Beasley Construction
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101940336	08/01/1989	1542	0	M. A. Mortenson Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing stop and limit switch bars on a two-car personnel and material hoist system at the 12th-floor level of the hoist tower. Two other employees were assisting with the process and were on top of one of the cars at ground level. As the car at ground level began to ascend, the counterbalance struck the employee causing him to fall from the hoist tower. He struck the next lower level and was killed.

Keywords: STRUCK AGAINST, HOIST, FALL, STRUCK BY, ELEVATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101940328			Fatality	Fracture	Structural metal workers
2	101940336					Occupation Not Listed

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