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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015020485 · 2/17/2015 · Otis Elevator

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Elevators

Employer

Name
Otis Elevator
Location
351 Peachtree Hills Avenue, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30305
NAICS
333921
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

While repairing an elevator's counterweight, the mechanic isolated the counterweight by wedging a tool under it. The wedging tool dislodged, the counterweight moved, and the mechanic got his hand caught by the moving cable into the guard of the sheave. The incident de-gloved his hand and caused the skin to be ripped from the bone.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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