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Accident: 16575.015 - Employee Is Struck By Elevator And Is Killed
Accident: 16575.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 05/14/2012 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 427054.015 | 05/14/2012 | Preston Memorial Hospital Corporation | |||||
| At approximately 11:27 a.m. on May 14, 2012, Employee #1 accessed an elevator sh aft to retrieve a set of keys dropped by a coworker. The keys fell between the e levator car and first floor and landed below the elevator car in the elevator sh aft. There were two elevator cars that operate in the elevator shaft. The keys fell below Car Number 2. The cars could be stopped by four means, which were: on /off switch inside the car door, a door lock (prevents the car from moving if do ors are open), key switch located inside the elevator and an electrical disconne ct (breaker) on the third floor. Employee #1 flipped the power switch (like a li ght switch) that was located inside the car behind the doors that stopped Car Nu mber 2. Employee #1 then removed the access panel inside the car. The access pa nel could be removed with a flat head screwdriver and measured 76 in. tall by 16 in. wide. There was a 6 in. wide beam that ran horizontally between the two car s in the shaft. The beam was parallel to the first floor. There was a 10 ft met al ladder welded to the beam that Employee #1 used to access the bottom of the s haft. The ladder was on Car Number 1 side of the elevator shaft. Employee #1 did not turn off the power controls to Car Number 1 or isolate the energy of Car Nu mber 1. As Employee #1 was going down the ladder, Car Number 1 came down from on e of the floors above and struck Employee #1 in the head, decapitating and killi ng him. | |||||||
Keywords:
elevator, head, lockout/tagout, struck by
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| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
| 1 | 427054.015 | 63 | M | Fatality | Machinery maintenance occupations | ||