Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200081362 - Employee Killed When Fell From Elevator
Accident: 200081362 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 09/24/2001 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
116150384 | 09/24/2001 | 1542 | Perini Building Company, Inc. | ||||
On September 24, 2001, Employee #1 of Perini Building Company, Inc. and a coworker were in a material and personnel elevator, which was running improperly due to the brake deficiencies. Employee #1 was trying to jump out of the car when he fell 24 stories to the base of the elevator tower and was killed. The coworker was trying to pull Employee #1 out when Employee #1's upper body was stuck between the car and upper frame of the elevator, but he was unsuccessful. The coworker was also injured but was not hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, brake, industrial truck, fall, struck by, elevator, tower
| |||||||
End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other building | New project or new addition | $20,000,000 and over | 34 | 150 | X | ||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 116150384 | Fatality | Fracture | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite FatCause: Elevator (struck by elevator or counter-weights) |