Safety Alert
Elevator Fatality
Elevator Fatality
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 99-25
- Dropped ObjectsLifting Operations
- Falls from heightMechanical failure
- Machine guarding
- Marine industry
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Summary
An alert describes an unwitnessed fatal fall involving a dry-dock shipyard elevator operator near the top stop station. Investigation found a non-functioning cab-door limit switch. With the station’s outer doors closed, the elevator appeared to have moved while its inner door remained open.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Summary
Safety lessons from a fatal incident involving a drilling elevator.
IADC Alert 99-25. Themes: dropped objects, lifting operations.