Inspection Detail

Inspection: 109894576 - Arcade Building Services Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Manhattan Area Office

Inspection Nr: 109894576

Report ID: 0215000

Date Opened: 03/31/1999

Site Address:
Arcade Building Services Inc.
1270 Avenue Of The Americas
New York, NY 10020

Mailing Address:
11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

Union Status: Union

SIC:8744

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/15/1999

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/15/2000

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	100850510

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$4,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,500
Current Penalty	$2,250	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,250
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	06/25/1999	06/30/1999	$2,250	$4,500	$0	07/20/1999	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200850790

Event: 03/30/1999

Employee killed in fall down elevator shaft

At approximately 5:29 p.m. on March 30, 1999, Employee #1, a substitute porter at Rockefeller Center in New York City, was taking a freight elevator from the first to the thirty-first floor of an office building, stopping at each floor to pick up the trash. As shown on the surveillance video, he opened the elevator door in the usual manner using a metal rod, stepped in, and fell two stories, approximately 37 ft 8 in., into the pit. The elevator car was not where he expected but on the fifth floor, where it was being used by a coworker for a moving job. Employee #1 lay in the pit until approximately 8:10 p.m., when his foreman found him after hearing his walkie-talkie in the shaft. Emergency Services was called and rescued Employee #1. He was transported to St. Vincent's Hospital, where he died the next day of injuries sustained in the accident.

Keywords: JANITOR, WORK RULES, CLEANING, FALL, ELEVATOR, COMMUNICATION, ELEVATOR SHAFT, INATTENTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109894576			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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