Warehouseman Falls 70 feet to His Death Through an Open Elevator Shaft in New Jersey

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On July 2, 1990, a 45-year-old warehouseman died as a result of a 70-foot fall through an open elevator shaft in a refrigerated warehouse of frozen food products. The victim took a loaded pallet jack by elevator to the seventh floor and left the elevator door open while a co-worker took the elevator to the eighth floor. The victim stepped backwards into the open elevator shaft and fell to his death. NJDOH FACE personnel determined that: 1. All freight elevators must have an operating interlocking safety device which does not permit the elevator to move while its doors are open
  
  2. A communication device (telephone) should be placed on each elevator and at each floor. The elevator operator can then be summoned to bring the elevator to a specific floor
  
  3. An audible alarm device must be provided in the elevator to call for assistance in case of emergency
  
  4. The employer and employees must jointly evaluate each job task and prepare written safety instructions for each job.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Formerly NJ9008
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 2 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Traumatic-injuries Warehousing Warning-devices Warning-systems

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Falls
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE90NJ010
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026485
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 90NJ010, 1991 Apr ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  48-49 - Transportation and Warehousing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:251ee13e054cb693e032b7193294f7cc3a5009224db0f7b94e756a96b623f5f5906ca6cdafbde92f7844aea93957f01e07f3e7e784b4e1cb326e4fede9c3cc1a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170137/cdc_170137_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 104.63 KB ]