Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200960227 - Employee injured in fall down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 200960227 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 09/26/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127377935	09/26/1996	1796	0	Montgomery Kone, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was called to service elevator #P2, which was stuck between floors at the Columbus Center. He rode atop elevator #P3 in the service mode to reach P2, and was crossing from P3 to P2 when the disabled elevator started automatically. The counterweight snagged his leg and caused him to fall approximately three stories in the elevator shaft, landing on top of P2. He sustained multiple contusions, bruises, a compression fracture, and broken bones.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REPAIR, COUNTERBALANCE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATOR, MECH MALFUNCTION, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127377935			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Elevator installers and repairers

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