Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200850949 - Employee killed in fall with elevator car

Accident Summary Nr: 200850949 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 03/26/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109894428	03/29/1999	1796	0	C.E. Elevator Corp.

Abstract: After changing over a hoist sheave on a sling-car, Employee #1 was to take the car from the roof to the cellar level to park it for the weekend. Just below the roof level, the 3/8 in. thick wire rope hoisting cable snapped and the car fell 11 stories to the sub-cellar pit. Employee #1 was killed. Subsequent investigation revealed that the wire rope had failed due to internal abrasion caused by imbedded glass wool particles. The car's safety brakes had not engaged because the governor connecting rod had not been installed.

Keywords: WIRE ROPE, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over	9		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109894428			Fatality	Concussion	Elevator installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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