Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 690081 - Employee killed in fall in elevator shaft
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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2918068 | 10/31/1985 | 1542 | 0 | M A Mortenson Co |
Abstract: At approximately 7:00 a.m. on October 31, 1985, Employee #1, a carpenter, was on the seventh floor of a building removing a section of plywood sheet that was covering the opening of an elevator shaft. As he carried the plywood off the deck to put it on the floor, he slipped on a piece of 4 by 4 plywood decking, creating an opening through which he fell 91 ft 9 in. to the bottom of the shaft. Employee #1 struck his head on the elevator shaft guardrail on the second and first floors before hitting the bottom of shaft. He was killed.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 2918068 | Fatality | Amputation | Carpenters |