OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456461
MONTGOMERY ELEVATOR CO
PRICE, UT—
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY FALLING ELEVATOR
Investigation abstract
ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:45 PM, THE ELEVATOR CAR WHICH EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN SERVICING FELL ONE AND A HALF FLOORS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED AND P INNED BETWEEN THE ELEVATOR CAR AND THE BUMPER SPRING. HE SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIE S TO THE UPPER RIGHT AREA OF HIS CHEST. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE FAILURE HAS YET T O BE DETERMINED. ONCE THE INDIANA COMMISSION ELEVATOR INSPECTOR HAS EXAMINED THE EQUIPMENT, HIS REPORT WILL BE INCLUDED. AT THIS TIME, IT APPEARS THAT THE FALL WAS CAUSED BY A FAILURE IN THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 543
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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