Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202013884 - Employee Injured When Struck By Elevator

Accident Summary Nr: 202013884 -- Report ID: 0216000 -- Event Date: 04/07/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305769911	04/08/2003	1741	238140	Nouveau Elevator Industries, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing a cover on a junction box in an elevator shaft as part of a modernization project. To gain leverage Employee #1 wrapped his left leg around pit ladders and had part of his leg in the adjacent shaft. The car in the adjacent shaft came down and struck Employee #1 pinning his leg between the elevator car and the ladder. Employee #1 sustained serious injuries to the leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONFINED SPACE, PINNED, LADDER, STRUCK BY, ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR SHAFT, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305769911			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Elevator installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause: Elevator (struck by elevator or counter-weights)

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