Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200925410 - Employee Is Killed When Caught Under Elevator

Accident Summary Nr: 200925410 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 06/12/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312241961	06/12/2008	1721	237310	C J Paint Enterprise Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 5:16 p.m. on June 12, 2008, Employee #1 was pressure washing the elevator shaft in a lift-span bridge tower from a fixed ladder adjacent to the elevator shaft. An employee on the lowest elevator landing pushed the button for the elevator to come down from the highest elevator landing. The elevator came down from above and caught Employee #1's right shoulder and pinned him in the unguarded elevator shaft. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SHOULDER, PINNED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, ELEVATOR, UNGUARDED, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312241961			Fatality	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Elevator (struck by elevator or counter-weights)

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