Accident Report Detail
Accident: 100971.015 - Employee Installing Elevator Is Injured When Elevator Falls
Accident: 100971.015 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 10/04/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1267885.015 | 10/04/2017 | Northwest Elevator & Contracting, Inc | |||||
On October 4, 2017, Employee #1, employed by an elevator and lift company, was e ngaged in an elevator installation at a two-story structure. He was sitting on the elevator cage crossbeam when the cage unexpectedly descended. Emergency ser vices were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admi tted and treated for multiple back fractures and an injury to his urethra. | |||||||
Keywords:
back, elevator, fall, fall protection, falling object, fracture, ureter, vertebra
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
New project or new addition | 2 | ||||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1267885.015 | 23 | M | Hospitalized injury | Elevator installers and repairers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Elevator, escalator installation FatCause: |