Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Mid American Elevator Company Inc.
Start: 7/25/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022076513 · 7/25/2022 · Mid American Elevator Company Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Mid American Elevator Company Inc.
Location: Flatbush MTA Station, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11210
NAICS: 238290
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At 9:00 a.m. on July 25, 2022, two employees were on the top of an elevator car checking for oil on the ropes. The car began to descend. One employee reached down to grab a rag and the elevator ropes pulled his hand into the sheave. He suffered multiple finger lacerations.

Source

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