Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144147.015 - Employee fractures skull when struck by falling cable

Accident Summary Nr: 144147.015 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 10/19/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1580844.015	10/25/2021	3534	333921	317729418 - Tk Elevator Corporation

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on October 19, 2021, an employee was in an elevator pit, tied off to ladder feeding ropes. His coworker was in the process of pulling a new hoist rope. The coworker was using a capstan and fist-grips as the main hoist, and the cable holds as a secondary to pull up slack over the machine As the coworker was transferring the weight of the rope and getting slack to run the rope over the machine sheave, the cable grab twisted over the hasp of the lever hoist, detaching from the hook, and fell bouncing off the car top and down the hoist way. The cable grab fell between elevator platform and struck the employee on the back of his hard hat, on the back right side of his head and right shoulder. The employee suffered a skull fracture and other unspecified injuries and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Falling Object, Hard Hat, Head, Hoisting Mechanism, Shoulder, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1580844.015	0	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause:

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