Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200821361 - Employee falls down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 200821361 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 07/13/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304159197	08/01/2001	1542	0	Otis Elevator

Abstract: On July 13, 2001, an employee was in the process of hoisting a base mounted dumbwaiter located inside of an elevator shaft. The employee was operating the remote when the dumbwaiter was ejected from the floor, causing the hoisting mechanism to strike him. The force of the impact caused him too fall 15 feet into the elevator shaft, and suffer a severely broken leg.

Keywords: HOISTING MECHANISM, HOIST, SHAFT, FALL, ELEVATOR, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	35

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304159197			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Elevator installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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