OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14567945
OTIS ELEVATOR
N MYRTLE BEACH, SC—
Event description
Two employees injured in fall when suspension device breaks
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were installing a permanent elevator in an elevator shaft. T o install ducts for the electrical wiring, they were standing on the car platfor m which was suspended approximately 15 ft above the first floor by a 3/4 in. hem p rope, a Thompson 500 electric hoist, and a pulley. The rope was tied around tw o pieces of metal beam at the top of the platform. These pieces of metal had sha rp edges that cut the rope, causing the elevator to fall. Employee #1 suffered a fractured left heel and Employee #2 sustained a compound fracture of his right leg, three cracked vertebrae, a crushed left heel, and a cut on the middle finge r of his left hand.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 636
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 636
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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