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Accident: 14377063 - Construction Employee Killed In Fall Down Elevator Shaft

Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
Accident: 14377063 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 10/07/1985
1264795	10/08/1985	1751	Blinderman/Meccor/Miller Davis Joint Venture
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101025906	10/15/1985	1791	Midland Steel Erection
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101025781	10/08/1985	1542	Schol Mc Hugh Construction
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1261403	10/09/1985	1629	L J Keefe Boring Co
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1261486	10/15/1985	1791	Sprague Iron Works
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101022895	10/15/1985	1793	Dekalb Glass Co
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101025674	10/08/1985	1711	Climatemp/Great Lakes Joint Venture
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101025591	10/07/1985	1791	Archway Steel Construction Co Inc
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101025930	10/15/1985	1799	Roughneck Concrete Drilling & Sawing
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1261478	10/08/1985	1791	J S Drew/Hanley Hartfield
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101022887	10/15/1985	1761	Decking & Siding Inc
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101025682	10/08/1985	1711	Great Lakes Plumbing And Heating Co
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1261429	10/09/1985	1799	Manta Lamas Joint Venture
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1261411	10/09/1985	1629	Griffin Dewatering
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1244136	10/08/1985	1751	Ramco Industries Inc
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101025914	10/15/1985	0782	Monahan'S Landscaping/Garth Construction Joint Ven
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101022903	10/15/1985	1731	Divane Brothers Electric Co
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101025971	10/18/1985	1761	E J Mccormick Associates
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101025922	10/15/1985	1796	Montgomery Elevator Co
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101025963	10/17/1985	1761	Esko & Young, Inc.
ON OCTOBER 7, 1985, AT 10:10 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 FELL DOWN AN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT IN A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. EMPLOYEE #1, AN IRONWORKER, WAS STANDING ON TEMPORARY DECKING ASSISTING ANOTHER IRONWORKER. THE OTHER IRONWORKER WAS WORKING ON A FLOAT SCAFFOLD IN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT. THE OPENING AROUND THE SHAFT WAS GUARDED BY A SAFETY RAILING AS REQUIRED BY 1926.750 (B)(1)(III). AS EMPLOYEE #1 LEANED AGAINST THE RAILING, THE ANCHORAGE FOR THE SAFETY LINE (A WASHER WELDED TO A COLUMN) GAVE WAY. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL 50 FEET TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR OF THE ELEVATOR PIT. THE SAFETY LINE WAS IMPROPERLY ANCHORED. NO SAFETY NET WAS PROVIDED EVEN THOUGH THE POTENTIAL FALL DISTANCE EXCEEDED 25 FEET.
Keywords: guardrail, lifeline, elevator shaft, fall, scaffold, anchor, construction
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1264795					Occupation Not Listed
2	101025906					Occupation Not Listed
3	101025781					Occupation Not Listed
4	1261403					Occupation Not Listed
5	1261486					Occupation Not Listed
6	101022895					Occupation Not Listed
7	101025674					Occupation Not Listed
8	101025591			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported
9	101025930					Occupation Not Listed
10	1261478					Occupation Not Listed
11	101022887					Occupation Not Listed
12	101025682					Occupation Not Listed
13	1261429					Occupation Not Listed
14	1261411					Occupation Not Listed
15	1244136					Occupation Not Listed
16	101025914					Occupation Not Listed
17	101022903					Occupation Not Listed
18	101025971					Occupation Not Listed
19	101025922					Occupation Not Listed
20	101025963					Occupation Not Listed

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