Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14471924 - Employee Killed When Caught Between Elevator Car And Wall
Accident: 14471924 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 06/09/1988 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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102441318 | 06/13/1988 | 6512 | Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. | ||||
At approximately 7:30 p.m. on June 9, 1989, Employee #1 rode on a freight elevator without an interlocked gate, allowing him to move off the elevator car platform onto a concrete ledge. Employee #1 was killed when he was crushed from the waist up upon being caught between the elevator car platform and structural members of the shaft wall. | |||||||
Keywords:
interlock, torso, caught between, crushed, elevator
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 102441318 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported |