Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201051687 - EMPLOYEE'S ARM INJURED BY ELEVATOR DOOR

Accident Summary Nr: 201051687 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 08/14/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119789915	05/07/1997	2732	0	Kittrich Corp

Abstract: Employee #1 opened the elevator shaft doors at the second-floor level while the freight elevator was stuck on the third floor. Employee #1 reached into the open shaft area to check the position of the handle. At the same time the elevator operated by another employee was activated and Employee #1's hand became caught between the doors and elevator. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital for treatment and hospitalized. Employee #1 sustained an open fracture to the left elbow and lower one-third of one of the arm bones shaft was displaced. There were no witnesses to the accident.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, ARM, ELBOW, ELEVATOR, DOOR, HAND, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119789915			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Elevator operators

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