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Accident Summary Nr: 93670.015 - Employee is struck by elevator suspension cable and is injur

Accident Summary Nr: 93670.015 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 03/03/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1215173.015	03/06/2017		561790	Schindler Elevator Corporation

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on March 3, 2017, an employee and three coworkers were performing a rope shortening operation on a freight elevator. During this process, the shackle from one of the suspension wire cables loosened, causing a section of the cable to strike the employee. He sustained a bone fracture in an unspecified area, which he was hospitalized and received treatment.

Keywords: Elevator, Fracture, Struck By, Suspension Strand, Wire Rope

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1215173.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Elevator installers and repairers

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