Incident date: 2024-10-31
NAICS industry code: 238290

The injured employee was replacing hoist cables in an elevator pit when a hand tool from another employee working on the elevator car top fell down the elevator shaft and struck him in the head, knocking his hard hat off. Then, a second tool hit him on the top right front of his skull resulting in a fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Handtools  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate