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Accident Summary Nr: 762450 - Employees injured when elevator free falls to pit

Accident Summary Nr: 762450 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 05/20/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18487009	05/21/1991	2211	0	Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc. Plant #1
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18487017	05/21/1991	1796	0	Piedmont Elevator Co.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18487025	05/24/1991	3534	0	The Park Manufacturing Co.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18487009	05/21/1991	2211	0	Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc. Plant #1

Abstract: Fourteen employees were riding a freight elevator when a bearing failed, causing the wire rope to jump off the counterweight sheave. The counterweight fell, causing the elevator to fall approximately 45 feet to the pit. One car safety was broken and did not operate; the second safety did not hold. The employees sustained broken feet, legs, ribs, and vertebrae, and bruises.

Keywords: ELEVATOR, FOOT, BEARING, FALL, VERTEBRA, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, RIB, CONTUSION, LEG, FRACTURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18487009	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators
2	18487009	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators
3	18487009	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators
4	18487009	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators
5	18487009	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators
6	18487009	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators
7	18487009	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators
8	18487009	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators
9	18487009	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators
10	18487009	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators
11	18487017			Occupation Not Listed
12	18487025			Occupation Not Listed
13	18487009	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators
14	18487009	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators
15	18487009	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators
16	18487009	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators

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