Toledo Elevator & Machine Co.

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. — BELLEVUE, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Toledo Elevator & Machine Co. in BELLEVUE, OHIO
Employer Toledo Elevator & Machine Co. Report ID 20181212631
Address 605 Goodrich Road City, State ZIP BELLEVUE, OHIO 44811
Event Date December 9, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. Body Part Head and neck
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Stairs, steps-indoors
Secondary Source Floor, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 333921 Inspection # 1365519
GPS Coordinates 41.28000, -82.81000

Incident Narrative

On December 9, 2018, at approximately 11:00 AM, a maintenance employee of Toledo Elevator Company responded to a call to service a downed elevator. The employee tripped and fell down three flights of stairs. He was found at the bottom of a stairwell near the elevator shaft with multiple head lacerations, partial loss of an ear, and a fractured C-5 vertebra. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On December 9, 2018, a worker at Toledo Elevator & Machine Co. in BELLEVUE, OHIO suffered fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. to the head and neck. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with stairs, steps-indoors identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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