OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221404742

DELTA ELEVATOR CO.

LOS ANGELES, CA· 2021-05-28T00:00:00

Event: Belt, Catch Point, Caught In, Elevator, Energized, Finger, Glove, Hand, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Maintenance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Noise, Pulled In, Pulley, Pump, Repair, Thumb
NAICS: 333921
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345526669
Employer profile: DELTA ELEVATOR CO.
Summary number: 221404742
Report ID: 0950641

Event description

Employee lacerates thumb when caught in elevator pulley belt

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on May 28, 2021, an employee working as an elevator installation and repair technician was inspecting the belts of the elevator motor for noise. The employee caught his glove in the running belts on the pump pulley cutting his right thumb. The employee was hospitalized to treat a lacerated thumb.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
543

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