Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14304620 - EMPLOYEE'S ARMED SEVERED BY COUNTERWEIGHT OF MANLIFT

Accident Summary Nr: 14304620 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 11/03/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2535862	11/03/1986	1791	0	Steel Engineering And Erection Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2535839	11/03/1986	1542	0	Howard S. Wright Construction Co Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLIMBING UP THE INSIDE OF AN "ALIMAK PERSONNEL AND MATERIALS HOIST" MAST, WHILE ONE OF THE LIFT CARS WAS IN OPERATION. AS THE LIFT CAR ROSE, THE ATTACHED COUNTERWEIGHT DESCENDED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY THE COUNTERWEIGHT, WHICH SEVERED HIS ARM.

Keywords: COUNTERBALANCE, WORK RULES, ELEVATOR, SEVERED, CONSTRUCTION, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2535862			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Electricians
2	2535839					Occupation Not Listed

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