Incident date: 2020-06-11
NAICS industry code: 333921

An employee was installing a new elevator, working from a false elevator car in the shaft. A railing on the false car fell apart and the employee fell through it, landing 23 feet below in the pit of the elevator shaft. The employee suffered a broken foot, dislocated shoulder, and broken pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Elevators
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate