OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822106
EJECTED,PLATFORM,FRACTURE,INSTALLING,STOP SWITCH,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,ELEVATOR,FOOT
Event description
Employee's heel fractured in fall from elevator platform
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and his foreman were installing a new elevator subfloor sill. The fo reman used the temporary controls to raise the elevator approximately 2 ft. When he pushed the button to stop the elevator, it continued to run at approximately 32 ft per second to the top of the 100 ft hoistway while Employee #1 was on the platform. The force of the impact threw him approximately 8 to 10 ft in the air before he landed on his feet, fracturing his left heel. Employee #1 required ho spitalization.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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