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Inspection: 636969 - Good Heart Clothing Co, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Parsippany Area Office

 

Inspection Nr: 636969
Report ID: 0214200
Date Opened: 02/06/1989

Site Address:
Good Heart Clothing Co, Inc.
50 Dey Street
Jersey City, NJ 07306

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:5137

NAICS: 0 

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/16/1989

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/01/1989

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 360661169
Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 1 2 3
Current Violations 1 2 3
Initial Penalty $1,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,000
Current Penalty $650 $0 $0 $0 $0 $650
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 5A0001 04/04/1989 04/07/1989 $650 $1,000 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
2. 02001 Other 19030002 A01 04/04/1989 04/18/1989 $0 $0 $0 -  
3. 02002 Other 19040005 A 04/04/1989 04/18/1989 $0 $0 $0 -  

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14307987
Event: 02/03/1989
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEH STRUCK BY MOVING ELEVATOR

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on February 3, 1989, with no known direct witnesses in the area, it appears Employee #1, in a effort to locate the cab of the Otis overhead traction, gerred 7500 lb-rated-capacity freight elevator, Serial Number 109005, approximately 11 ft 3 in. deep, 8 ft 3 in. wide and 10 ft high, placed his head into an opening approximately 12 in. wide by 18 in. tall and approximately 57 in. above the floor created by a missing vision panel on the upper door of a two section horizontal motorized bi-parting Peelle elevator door. The door was located on the sixth floor of a seven story industrial complex building. When he did so, the elevator cab came down from the seventh floor on its way to the first floor, traveling at a rated travel distance of 150 ft per minute. It passed Employee #1 with his head still in the shaft and decapitated him.

Keywords: HEAD, NECK, STRUCK BY, DECAPITATED, ELEVATOR

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 636969 Fatality Amputation Occupation not reported
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