JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA—
Otis Elevator Company
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Otis Elevator Company, Bank of America Parking Garage Elevator, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32202 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was troubleshooting a sheave (the mechanism that lowers and raises an elevator) when the sheave rotated. His right middle finger was then caught and amputated between the sheave and the elevator cable.
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ELLENTON, FLORIDA—
Otis Elevator Company
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.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA—
Otis Elevator Company
An elevator mechanic was lifting a wheelchair lift frame when the load shifted, catching him between the load and an ATM machine. The employee sustained a liver laceration.
HOUSTON, TEXAS—
Otis Elevator Company
An employee had just replaced the passenger-side rear panel of a stake truck and was latching the panels together. A freight truck pulled away from the loading dock and struck the vehicle the employee was working on, pushing the vehicle into the employee and pinning him between the vehicle and a roll-off dumpster. He suffered a hip fracture.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS—
Otis Elevator Company
An employee was disconnecting a platform from a shipping crate. The employee's right thumb was crushed between the stabilization bracket on the crate and the platform. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
MARIETTA, GEORGIA—
Otis Elevator Company
An employee was guiding a powered industrial vehicle into position to lower an elevator machine onto a pedestal for installation. The elevator machine shifted and pinched the employee's fingertip. The fingertip was amputated above the nailbed, without bone loss.
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