Incident date: 2024-01-30
NAICS industry code: 238290

On January 30, 2024, a maintenance employee was cleaning and wiping down the inside of an elevator with their left hand when their cleaning cloth got snagged on moving equipment, causing their hand to become caught in the equipment as well. The employee fractured her left middle finger and sustained a cut requiring stitches and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Elevators
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate