Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14525844

S & R ELECTRIC INC

Event
GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, ELEVATOR SHAFT
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#1203579
Employer profile
S & R ELECTRIC INC
Summary number
14525844
Report ID
418800

Event description

Employee killed in 20 ft fall down elevator shaft

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was doing some electrical work on the third level of a building unde r construction when he fell 20 ft down an unguarded elevator shaft to the first level. He was taken to the hospital, where he died.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 28 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    576
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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