Accident Report Detail
Accident: 648634 - One Employee Killed, One Injured By Falling Elevator
Accident: 648634 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 04/09/1993 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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101483436 | 04/13/1993 | 8412 | The Frick Collection | ||||
Employee #1 was working alongside his supervisor, Employee #2, the chief engineer for the Frick Collection Museum. They were attempting to free a sidewalk-type elevator, which ran 3 stories from the sidewalk to the sub-basement and was stuck at the sidewalk level. Debris from garbage that had previously been transported on the elevator was stuck in the opening in the sidewalk. Employee #2 had been trying to dislodge the stuck elevator with a long steel bar when the elevator frame crushed him between the sidewalk and the top of the frame, killing him. The same framework struck Employee #1 as it fell, injuring his head and wrenching his back so severely that he was hospitalized. The elevator shaft was approximately 12 ft 9 in. to the pit and the elevator was approximately 3 ft 8 1/2 in. by 6 ft 5 1/2 in. | |||||||
Keywords:
head, maintenance, stuck, back, caught between, crushed, struck by, elevator, falling object
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 101483436 | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Occupation not reported |