ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation

An employee was replacing ropes in an elevator that were five-eighths of an inch in diameter. The employee was struck by a large rope spool, resulting in multiple arm fractures and a broken clavicle. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was replacing a wire rope on an elevator. A pair of wire rope cutters were on the counterweight. When he started the elevator, the wire rope cutters fell on his foot, causing a fracture and laceration that required surgery.

An employee fell from a ladder to the concrete floor after losing his footing, fracturing five vertebrae, his ribs, and sternum.

An employee suffered a laceration to the right leg on top of an elevator that was being serviced. The laceration required surgery.

On 11/29/2016, at 4:00 p.m., an employee was in the machine room when he saw debris on the sheave where the elevator cables wrap around. He started to clean the sheave using a screw driver. When the elevator started to move, the cable caught his left hand and pulled him, causing him to tip over and fall to the ground. He sustained three finger amputations on his left hand, broken teeth, and lacerations to his face, requiring hospitalization and surgery. The elevator was not locked out at the time of the incident.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee walked into the chairlift hoist way and the chairlift platform was not there. The employee fell 10-12 feet to the chairlift platform on the first floor. The employee sustained a fractured femur.

An employee was dumping trash into a compactor when he lost his balance and fell approximately 5 feet into the trash compactor. The compactor was not in use at the time. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures.

Employees were installing components of an elevator from inside the elevator and removed temporary hoisting equipment when the elevator descended from the fourth floor to the pit floor. One employee was hospitalized with fractures to their fibula and a rib, and the other employee was hospitalized with fractures to both feet.

An employee was standing on the edge of the dumpster while pulling out cribbage. The employee fell to the ground, sustaining a fractured elbow and hip. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was using a magnetic drill to drill a hole on an elevator door. His left glove became entangled with the drill bit, which partially amputated his left thumb below the last knuckle and removed several inches of a tendon. The employee's left middle finger was also severely lacerated. He was hospitalized and received stitches.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.