Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 674358 - Employee breaks foot in fall down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 674358 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 04/24/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111034278	04/25/1991	1796	0	Montgomery Elevator Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing new hoist ropes on an elevator in a building 14 stories high. He was in the pit about 16 to 18 ft high on a 24 ft extension ladder, taking the counterweights' shackles off, when the elevator's compensating chain (5/16 links, approximately 140 ft long, 1 1/2 to 2 lb/ft of chain) came loose from the car side of the elevator. The chain fell down the elevator shaft, knocking the employee from the ladder to the floor. Employee #1 broke his foot and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, ELEVATOR, FALLING OBJECT, BROKEN CHAIN, ELEVATOR SHAFT, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111034278			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Elevator installers and repairers

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