Incident date: 2021-06-15
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee had just finished installing the traveling cable on an elevator and was standing on the work deck when the hanger failed. As the traveling cable fell, it wrapped around the employee's legs and broke both of his ankles.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate