Inspection Detail

Inspection: 109891572 - K.R.S. Rehabilitation Corp.

Inspection Information - Office: Manhattan Area Office

Inspection Nr: 109891572

Report ID: 0215000

Date Opened: 09/12/1990

Site Address:
K.R.S. Rehabilitation Corp.
906 Union Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1741

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/07/1990

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/21/1991

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360860118

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$640	$0	$0	$0	$0	$640
Current Penalty	$400	$0	$0	$0	$0	$400
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19260021 B02	12/27/1990	12/30/1990	$400	$640	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14307797

Event: 09/12/1990

One employee killed, one crushed by elevator counterweight

On Wednesday, September 12, 1990, Employees #1 and #2, laborers, had been assigned to block the windows of a parking garage with concrete blocks. The windows were located in the rear of the garage, which had an elevator shaft on the other side. The Tatan #2 elevator, serial #2362, which was used to bring cars to the higher floors to be parked, was taken out of service while the employees were preparing to block in the windows. When the garage superintendent needed to use the elevator he told the employees in both Spanish and English to move away. They did. The superintendent went up in the elevator but it jammed. Employee #1 was struck in the head by the elevator's counterweight at the open window and killed. Employee #2 was severely injured.1

Keywords: CLEARANCE, HEAD, COUNTERBALANCE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, ELEVATOR, COMMUNICATION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109891572			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	109891572			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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