Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201794245 - Employee Injured While Repairing Elevator

Accident Summary Nr: 201794245 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 03/16/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119822468	03/26/2001	1796	0	Modern Elevator, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on March 16, 2001, Employee #1, a service technician for Modern Elevator Incorporated, was performing service and maintenance on a hydraulic elevator. He was injured when he removed the bolts of the lower angle bracket which were holding the elevator. The angle bracket was bolted to the guardrails of the elevator. Employee #1 sustained fractures to his back and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR, BACK, BOLT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119822468			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Helpers, mechanics 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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