Incident date: 2024-12-14
NAICS industry code: 721110

An employee was riding from the second floor to the third floor in a freight elevator. When the elevator stopped, the doors did not fully open. The employee pushed the door up from inside the elevator. When the door opened, the bottom part got stuck and was not flush with the floor. The employee stepped out of the elevator and tripped over the bottom of the door. The employee fell to the floor and was hospitalized with fractures to both arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slip or trip
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate