Incident date: 2019-11-04
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was replacing a wire rope on an elevator. A pair of wire rope cutters were on the counterweight. When he started the elevator, the wire rope cutters fell on his foot, causing a fracture and laceration that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Cutting handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate