Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 811315 - Employee Killed In Fall When Planks Slip Off Jack

Accident Summary Nr: 811315 -- Report ID: 0257230 -- Event Date: 09/16/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100910488	09/16/1987	1791	0	Otis Elevator Company

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were standing on wooden planks that formed a platform held up by a jack. The planks came off the jack, causing Employee #1 to fall 88 ft down an elevator shaft to the floor. He died of multiple fractures.

Keywords: fracture, unsecured, work rules, construction, fall, fall protection, jack, elevator shaft

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100910488			Fatality	Fracture	Elevator installers and repairers

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