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Accident: 14489041 - Employee Killed In Fall Down Elevator Shaft

Accident: 14489041 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 11/20/1987
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1788046911/24/19877349Perfect Building Maintenance Corporation
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:45 AM ON NOVEMBER 20, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DISCOVERED, DEAD, AT THE BOTTOM OF A FREIGHT ELEVATOR PIT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE EMPLOYEE OPENED THE ELEVATOR DOORS, STEPPED INTO THE ELEVATOR SHAFT, AND FELL ABOUT 30 FEET TO THE BOTTOM. THE ELEVATOR CAR WAS BEING USED BY OTHER EMPLOYEES LOCATED ABOVE EMPLOYEE #1.
Keywords: fall, elevator, elevator shaft, inattention
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 17880469 Fatality Fracture Occupation not reported

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