Incident date: 2019-12-06
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was attempting to manually wipe excess lubricant off of elevator cables when the car moved, putting the injured employee's arm in the pinch point between the ropes and the sheaves. The employee was hospitalized with a severe fracture and laceration to the left arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Elevators
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate