Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202545810 - Worker Is Injured When Elevator Malfunctions and Falls

Accident Summary Nr: 202545810 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 06/19/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314865718	08/14/2013	1796	238290	Mitsubishi Electric Us Inc

Abstract: On June 19, 2013, Employee #1, a permanent employee of Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc., was working at a building construction jobsite. He drove a forklift, JLG Model 5k from PDQ Rentals, onto a Gillespie sidewalk elevator, Serial Number S09440, Model PSH-1-CV, to pick up a sidewalk frame on the other side. The elevator fell approximately 18 feet. Emergency services were called. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and treated for a compressed T12 vertebra and a chin laceration. He was not hospitalized. This event was reported to Cal/OSHA on June 20, 2013. The subsequent investigation revealed that the elevator's malfunctioning was caused by a manufacturer's defect in the threading of the hydraulic jack assembly.

Keywords: INSTALLING, MACHINE OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LACERATION, FALL, ELEVATOR, FACE, VERTEBRA

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314865718			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Elevator installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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