Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126255.015 - Employee fractures pelvis and spine when crushed by elevator

Accident Summary Nr: 126255.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 12/19/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1452307.015	12/20/2019		238150	The Glass Professionals, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on December 19, 2019, an employee working as a glazier glass contractor was installing glass panels on a residential elevator shaft. The employee was working from the top of the elevator car. The pendant switch operating the elevator malfunctioned and allowed the elevator to keep traveling upward with the employee still on top. The employee was crushed between the car and shaft ceiling. The employee fractured his pelvis and spine and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught Between, Ceiling, Construction, Crushed, Elevator, Elevator Shaft, Fracture, Glass, Installing, Limit Switch, Malfunction, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Pelvis, Pendant Control, Residential Construction, Spine

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			3	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1452307.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Glaziers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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