Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202509071 - Worker Fractures Pelvis in 25 Foot Down Elevator Shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 202509071 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 04/09/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314330614	04/24/2012	2062	311312	C&H Sugar Company, Inc.,

Abstract: On April 24, 2012, Employee #1, a 39-year-old male with C&H Sugar Company, Inc., bypassed the safety feature of an elevator by using a "special tool" to pry open the elevator door on the second level of a building. When the elevator door opened, Employee #1 fell approximately twenty-five feet to the bottom of the elevator shaft. Employee #1 sustained fractured pelvis in two places. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and confined for treatment of his injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, OPEN SHAFT, PELVIS, FALL, ELEVATOR, UNGUARDED, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314330614			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machinery maintenance occupations

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