Incident date: 2016-09-22
NAICS industry code: 333921

On or about on September 22, 2016, an employee was installing compensation rope to elevator counter weights when a cinderblock brick fell down the 180' elevator hoist way and hit the employee in the head. The employee suffered a broken neck, concussion, and lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Concrete blocks, cinder blocks
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate