Incident date: 2023-10-13
NAICS industry code: 238390

A maintenance employee was on top of an elevator car top and had taken manual control of it using the top of car inspection station. The employee was moving the elevator in upward when a roll of reflective tape in his right hand got caught between the elevator car and the elevator shaft wall. The roll of tape twisted, crushing the employees right little finger. The finger was fractured and lacerated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Elevators
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate