Fall on same level, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Schindler Elevator Corporation, 1 State Farm Plaza, BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS 61704
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
Schindler Elevator employees were removing a 17,000-pound escalator on a dolly. One of the employees tripped, causing him to knock the injured employee to the ground. The injured employee's pinky and right ring finger were then run over by the loaded dolly. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
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