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Accident Summary Nr: 132547.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries when struck by wooden scaf

Accident Summary Nr: 132547.015 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 12/03/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1506532.015	12/03/2020		238290	Otis Elevator Company

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on December 3, 2020, Employee # 1 and a coworker were installing an elevator counterweight system at ground level. Employee #1 was struck by wooden scaffold planks that fell from the fifteenth floor and struck him in the back. Employee # 1 suffered five broken ribs on the right side, a punctured right lung, a right liver lobe laceration, an injury to focal artery of right kidney, a fractured right elbow, compression fractures of the spine at L2 - L4 and a concussion with laceration to right side of his head/facial area requiring four stitches. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Concussion, Elbow, Face, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Installing, Kidney, Laceration, Liver, Lung, Rib, Spine, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			21

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1506532.015	25	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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