Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123931.015 - Employee fractures hip when struck by elevator cart

Accident Summary Nr: 123931.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 01/09/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1459581.015	01/30/2020		238290	Thyssenkrupp Elevator Corp

Abstract: At 9:20 a.m. onJanuary 9, 2020, an employee was adjusting the final limit switches on the guide rails working inside an elevator pit. Operational control of the elevator was isolated to a Wurtec Pendant Station under the control of a coworker. When the coworker lowered the elevator cart, the upper portion of the employee's right leg was perpendicular to the floor on the underside of the elevator cart. When the elevator was lowered in the employee's direction, a protruding compensation channel struck the employee in the hip. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured right hip.

Keywords: Adjust, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cart, Elevator, Falling Object, Fracture, Guide, Hip, Installing, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Struck By, Unstable Position

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Other			12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1459581.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Elevator installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause:

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