Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201163813 - Employee injured in fall in elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 201163813 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 04/10/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126058569	04/26/2002	1796	0	Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics Usa Inc Elev Div

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on April 10, 2002, Employee #1 was at the basement level of an elevator shaft in a building under construction. He was standing on 2-in. by 10-in. wood planks covering the shaft hole while maneuvering a safety plank into the elevator side rails. The 0.75-inch manila rope supporting the safety plank failed, dropping it onto the 2-in. by 10-in. planks, and breaking through them, causing Employee #1 to fall 13 ft to the bottom of the shaft. He was hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center for scalp lacerations and multiple contusions.

Keywords: PLATFORM, ROPE, SCALP, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, ELEVATOR, CONTUSION, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	37

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126058569			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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