Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200020345 - Employee's legs fractured when struck by elevator

Accident Summary Nr: 200020345 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 04/02/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300023652	04/24/1997	1799	0	Marquis Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: On April 2, 1997, Employee #1, a laborer, was installing safety mesh on a bridge platform. The platform was adjacent to an elevator shaft that was not fully enclosed. A standard toprail and midrail was present, but there was no toeboard; Employee #1 was installing the mesh as a prelude to putting one in. As he was lying on the floor working with the mesh, Employee #1 inadvertently placed his lower legs in the elevator shaft. They were struck by the elevator and became caught between it and the platform. Both of his legs were fractured. The bridge elevator had a continuously running alarm that was functioning at the time of the accident. The open elevator shaft had been pointed out to Employee #1 prior to the accident, and the alarm had been explained.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, STRUCK BY, ELEVATOR, UNGUARDED, INATTENTION, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	3	150

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300023652			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Elevator (struck by elevator or counter-weights)

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