OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #571430
NEWBERG/PASCHEN JT VEN
CHICAGO, IL—
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TOWER TRUSS
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 20, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON A 15TH FLOOR LANDING PLATFORM THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED ONTO A RIVERSIDE RPT 85 00 PERSONNEL HOIST TOWER. EMPLOYEE #1 LEANED OVER THE TOP OF A LOWERED ELEVATOR TO RETRIEVE AN OBJECT. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN MISTAKENLY CALLED TO THE ELEVATOR OPERAT OR TO RAISE THE ELEVATOR BEFORE HE COULD REMOVE HIMSELF FROM HIS PRECARIOUS POSI TION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED FROM THE WAIST UP WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE T OP OF THE ELEVATOR AND AN ALUMINUM TRUSS TOWER HEADER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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