Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170714190 - Employee injured in fall from hoisted stage prop

Accident Summary Nr: 170714190 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 12/14/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119878320	01/11/1993	7996	0	Walt Disney Imagineering

Abstract: Employee #1, an entertainer with Disneyland, was appearing in a show. While seated in a device, she was being hoisted by a DC motor powered cable. The motor was controlled by an integrated circuit. A microchip within the circuit failed, allowing the motor to raise the cable to its uppermost limit. When the cable reached that upper limit, it pulled apart at its attachment point at the motor housing. Employee #1, who was strapped in her seat, fell 25 feet to the stage. She suffered a fractured L-1 vertebra and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HOISTING MECHANISM, WIRE ROPE, BROKEN CABLE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119878320			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Artists, performers and related workers n.e.c.

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