Incident date: 2023-09-22
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was backing up a powered industrial truck (PIT) when it collided with an elevator door. The collision caused the elevator doors to open, and the employee and PIT fell to the bottomo of the elevator shaft 6 to 7.5 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to the right leg, lumbar vertebra, and head injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate