OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548788
WESTINGHOUSE ELEVATOR COMPANY
HONOLULU, HI—
Event description
Three Employees Injured in Fall When Hoist Cable Breaks
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #3 were working at a construction site. Employee #1 was wor on controls. Employee #2 suffered a puncture wound and multiple contusions; Empl oyee #3 sustained a severely bruised shoulder and chest, along with multiple con tusions. All three were hospitalized. The top of the lift car had a guardrail an d Employees #2 and #3 were wearing safety belts attached to the car cables. They had no separate safety line. king from a single-point suspension platform using a Sky Climber hoist cable, mo del #480628, and a separate Skylock cable, model #305.006, serial #23OUR. His sa fety belt was attached to the Skylock cable. Both cables were 5/6 in. plowshare steel, 1 by 31. Employee #1 was traveling from the 40th floor to the top of the building to install a counterweight when the hoist cable broke. The Skylock fail ed to engage and the platform plummeted to the top of a lift car on the 31st flo or. He sustained a broken leg and multiple contusions. Employees #2 and #3 were working on top of the temporary car, installing conduit for the elevator operati
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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