On Monday, March 9th 2015 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in 12th Fl., Ne after learning of an incident at Nycha Coney Island Houses which had occured on Saturday, March 7th 2015. A 31 year old woman working as a was killed on the job when the employee was killed when trapped in the refuse hoist lift
Accident Date2015-03-07
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 1:45 p.m. on March 7, 2015, a supervisor of an garbage collection employee reported a missing employee incident to the Emergency Service Unit. The supervisor performed a search operation at the building and found the garbage collection employee near the refuse hoist located at the ground floor. The employee was found unconscious and her body parts were trapped in the refuse hoist located at the ground level. The emergency medical services responded and removed the employee and transported her to hospital and at approximately 2:30 pm, she was declared dead on arrival at the hospital.