Incident date: 2017-10-07
NAICS industry code: 111992

An employee was lowered into a peanut elevator to unclog the choke. Afterward, he was being pulled out of the elevator when his harness rope broke (cut on metal edge), causing him to fall approximately 10 feet. He injured his ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Elevators
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate