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Accident Summary Nr: 117519.015 - Employee fractures ribs and incurs contusions in fall from l

Accident Summary Nr: 117519.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 06/24/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1411914.015	06/28/2019		423830	Thyssenkrupp Elevator Corporation

Abstract: At 04:00 p.m. on June 24, 2019, an employee was installing an oil pipe inside of a new elevator shaft of a new multi-story family dwelling in construction from an extension ladder. The ladder was placed with its footings outside the elevator door opening and its top placed inside the elevator shaft. The elevator shaft did not have any doors installed yet. The employee was descending/ascending the ladder when they fell approximately four feet onto a concrete surface. The employee was treated and admitted at the hospital for broken ribs and multiple contusions.

Keywords: Abdomen, Abrasion, Ascending, Broken Bone, Concrete, Concrete Surface, Construction, Contusion, Descending, Descending Ladder, Elevator, Elevator Shaft, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fracture, Hoist, Installing, Ladder, Oil Line, Pipe, Residential Construction, Rib

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			2	4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1411914.015		M	Hospitalized injury		Elevator installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: 4 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause:

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