OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14384945
SCHAL ASSOCIATES INC.
CHICAGO, IL—
Event description
BEHEADED WHEN HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN ELEVATOR BOTTOM AND GUARD
Investigation abstract
ON NOVEMBER 19, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:15 A.M, EMPLOYEE #1, A CARPENTER, WAS I NSTALLING A HOISTWAY-LANDING OPENING GUARD AT THE #1 ELEVATOR SHAFT IN THE MAIN LOBBY OF THE EAST BUILDING. HIS HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE ELEVAT OR CAR AND THE TOP OF THE PARTIALLY BUILT GUARD (MADE OF 3/4 INCH PLYWOOD), WHIC H HAD ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BEHEADED. HAD THE HOISTWAY LANDING OPENING BEEN COMPLETELY GUARDED BEFORE ANYONE WAS ALLOWED TO OPERATE THE ELEVAT OR, THE ACCIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED. THE ELEVATOR WAS BEING OPERATED BY EMP LOYEES OF THE ELEVATOR CONTRACTOR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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