OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14303564
CESANI HARDWARE, INC.
MAYAGUEZ, PR·
Event description
Two employees injured inside falling freight elevator
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were riding in a freight elevator from the first to the thir d floor of a building when the cables snapped and the car fell 30 ft with the em ployees trapped inside. They suffered fractures and contusions, for which they w ere hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 877
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 877
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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