Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202013884 - Employee Injured When Struck By Elevator
Accident: 202013884 -- Report ID: 0216000 -- Event Date: 04/07/2003 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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305769911 | 04/08/2003 | 1741 | Nouveau Elevator Industries, Inc. | ||||
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
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other building | Alteration or rehabilitation | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 10 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 305769911 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Elevator installers and repairers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Elevator, escalator installation FatCause: Elevator (struck by elevator or counter-weights) |