Incident date: 2018-08-14
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was on a ladder installing lighting inside an elevator shaft when the elevator became energized and the counterweights came down on him, pinning and crushing his shoulder and arm area. He suffered multiple fractures to the arm, shoulder blade, and clavicle.

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: Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
severity: moderate