Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 893206 - One employee dies, two others injured when false car falls

Accident Summary Nr: 893206 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 08/15/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105705958	08/15/1988	1796	0	Otis Elevator Company

Abstract: At approximately 11:50 a.m. on August 15, 1988, Employees #1 through #3 were riding a temporary working platform (false car) from the 11th floor down to the B-1 level to have lunch and to bring down the safety line to which the bloc stop was attached. The foreman, who was operating the hoist, said that he raised or inched the platform up for the employees to remove the safety. As they proceeded down a few feet, everything broke loose and the platform fell approximately 11 stories. Employee #1 died. Employees #2 and #3 were hospitalized.

Keywords: HOISTING MECHANISM, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, WORK PLATFORM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105705958	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	105705958	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
3	105705958	Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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