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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2023109479 · 10/13/2023 · Precision Elevator Corp

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Elevators
Secondary source
Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones

Employer

Name
Precision Elevator Corp
Location
11 East 93rd St, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10128
NAICS
238390
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was on top of an elevator car top and had taken manual control of it using the top of car inspection station. The employee was moving the elevator in upward when a roll of reflective tape in his right hand got caught between the elevator car and the elevator shaft wall. The roll of tape twisted, crushing the employees right little finger. The finger was fractured and lacerated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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