Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1580844.015 - 317729418 - Tk Elevator Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Or-E-Portland - Safety 1 1054111

Inspection Nr: 1580844.015

Report ID: 1054112

Date Opened: 10/25/2021

Site Address:
317729418 - Tk Elevator Corporation
1111 Sw 2nd Ave
Portland, OR 97204

Mailing Address:
210 N University Dr Ste 804, Coral Springs, FL 33071

Union Status: Union

SIC:3534

NAICS: 333921/Elevator and Moving Stairway Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/10/2022

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/10/2022

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 144147.015

Event: 10/19/2021

Employee fractures skull when struck by falling cable

At 10:45 a.m. on October 19, 2021, an employee was in an elevator pit, tied off to ladder feeding ropes. His coworker was in the process of pulling a new hoist rope. The coworker was using a capstan and fist-grips as the main hoist, and the cable holds as a secondary to pull up slack over the machine As the coworker was transferring the weight of the rope and getting slack to run the rope over the machine sheave, the cable grab twisted over the hasp of the lever hoist, detaching from the hook, and fell bouncing off the car top and down the hoist way. The cable grab fell between elevator platform and struck the employee on the back of his hard hat, on the back right side of his head and right shoulder. The employee suffered a skull fracture and other unspecified injuries and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Falling Object, Hard Hat, Head, Hoisting Mechanism, Shoulder, Struck By

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1580844.015	0	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Occupation not reported

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