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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194625

THE HARLEQUIN DINNER THEATRE

Event
SUPPORT CABLE, FALL, ELEVATOR
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Planned
Activity number
#2824597
Employer profile
THE HARLEQUIN DINNER THEATRE
Summary number
14194625
Report ID
352440

Event description

DUMB WAITER SUPPORT CABLE BROKE- FELL 14 FEET

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was inspecting a dumb waiter support cable. He stepped in to the dum b waiter. The cable broke, and the employee and the dumb waiter fell 14 feet to the first floor. He fractured both heels.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    5
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    689
    Human factor
    12
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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