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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 70095.015 - Employee Falls And Down An Unprotected Elevator Shaft And Is

**Accident: 70095.015 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 01/21/2015**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1019805.015	01/21/2015		The Dragotta Group, Llc

At 8:45 a.m. on January 21, 2015, Employee #1, the president of a construction c ompany that was the general contractor for a multiemployer building rehabilitati on, 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 bas ement-level shed that served as the office. As he went to look for them, Employ ee #1 fell into an unprotected elevator shaft. He fell a distance of 20 feet an d was killed.

Keywords: building, construction, elevator, elevator shaft, fall, floor opening, unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4	50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Construction
1	1019805.015	61	M	Fatality		FallDist: 15 FallHt:15 Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite FatCause:

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