Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200850774 - Employee Killed In Fall Down Elevator Shaft
Accident: 200850774 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 03/18/1999 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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300620242 | 03/19/1999 | 1711 | North Berry Corp. | ||||
Employee #1 was assisting carpenters at the site of a concrete building under construction when he attempted to cross the corner of an open elevator shaft at the fourth floor. He was stepping out onto a 3 by 4 shaft spreader when it slipped, causing him to fall four floors down the elevator shaft. Employee #1 was killed. The shaft was open between the fourth and first floors, and was not guarded in any way. | |||||||
Keywords:
cover, guardrail, unguarded fl opening, unsecured, carpenter, work rules, construction, fall, unguarded, elevator shaft
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | $20,000,000 and over | 4 | 40 | X | ||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 300620242 | Fatality | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt:40 Cause: Forming FatCause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof) |