Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202342432 - Employee Is Injured in Fall Into Elevator Shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 202342432 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 07/16/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313516726	07/16/2009	1522	236116	10th Avenue Freeze-Out Llc

Abstract: Employee #1 was moving a table saw to another floor of a building. He used a homemade key to open the elevator door. He mistook the number 6 for the letter G and when he opened the door, the elevator was not there. He lost his balance and fell approximately 19 feet down the elevator shaft. He suffered an unspecified fracture and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FALL, LOST BALANCE, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	7	70

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313516726			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 19 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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