Counterweights Crush Worker An elevator operator died when the elevator's counterweights came crashing down on his head and chest. The victim, a 49-year-old Hispanic man, had been working at the site for three months and was responsible for operating the site's exterior construction elevator, moving workers and materials between floors. On the day of the fatality the victim noticed the lift was not returning to a level position on the ground floor. He asked a co-worker to bring him tools and entered the mechanism area where he began making repairs. While the victim was making adjustments to the elevator, a group of […]
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