Fractures

Name: Fractures at Thyssen Krupp Elevator Corporation
Start: 7/15/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019077127 · 7/15/2019 · Thyssen Krupp Elevator Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Forearm(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source: Wire, cables-nonelectrical

Employer

Name: Thyssen Krupp Elevator Corporation
Location: 500 Sout Ocean Drive, BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, 33432
NAICS: 333921
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was roping an elevator car and lowering the ropes to the counterweight. Several feet of rope slack on the machine room floor needed to be released from the hoisting rope. When removing the wire rope clamps, the rope slid through the remaining clamp. The rope gained momentum and struck the employee on the right forearm and fractured it.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown