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Accident Summary Nr: 70095.015 - Employee falls and down an unprotected elevator shaft and is

Accident Summary Nr: 70095.015 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 01/21/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1019805.015	01/21/2015		236115	The Dragotta Group, Llc

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on January 21, 2015, Employee #1, the president of a construction company that was the general contractor for a multiemployer building rehabilitation, was at the project site to hold a meeting with the company's project manager, the foreman, and the electrical contractor. He could not find them at the basement-level shed that served as the office. As he went to look for them, Employee #1 fell into an unprotected elevator shaft. He fell a distance of 20 feet and was killed.

Keywords: Building, Construction, Elevator, Elevator Shaft, Fall, Floor Opening, Unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4	50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1019805.015	61	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: 15 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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