Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201163938 - Employee slips and straddles a beam fracturing his pelvis

Accident Summary Nr: 201163938 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/16/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126098532	05/31/2002	1796	0	Schindler Elevator

Abstract: On May 16, 2002, renovation was taking place at a high school building. Employee #1 was working in a pit at the bottom of an elevator shaft and needed to get behind a steel beam that was about 40 inches high. He stepped up on a fixed ladder attached to the wall of the shaft and he stepped over to the buffer support. Everything in the pit had a light film of oil on it from lubricants used on the wire rope and machinery. His foot hit a 3-inch-wide support beam and he slipped and fell straddling the beam. He was hospitalized with a pelvic fracture.

Keywords: BEAM, FRACTURE, SLIP, PELVIS, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	20	240

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126098532			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Not specified mechanics and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Other

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