Acme Home Elevator, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Oct 1, 2020: Employee fractures leg in fall in elevator shaft

At 9:45 a.m. on October 1, 2020, an employee, a branch manager for an elevator company, was measuring for an elevator shaft of a mansion that was being constructed. Upon arrival, the employee introduced himself to a foreman for another subcontractor and asked where the general superintendent was and the location for the elevator. The general superintendent was not at the job site so the foreman showed the employee the elevator shaft entrance on the first floor. There was only a 42 inch high top rail blocking the elevator shaft entrance and there was no mid-rail. The employee ducked under this top rail in order to cross into the elevator shaft area. The employee regularly measured the shaft from the inside at the back area in order to be more accurate. The elevator shaft railings had no toe boards and there were two pieces of plywood floor cover with no openings. Inside the elevator shaft, the employee stepped onto the plywood floor. While he was measuring the width of the elevator shaft, the plywood floor on collapsed. The employee fell approximately 12 feet on to the concrete basement below. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured lower left leg.

Incident on Aug 23, 2017: Two workers are injured in elevator free fall

At 12:23 p.m. on August 23, 2017, Employees #1 and #2, employed by an elevator company, were working on the top of a stuck elevator car. They were evaluating how to disentangle the hoisting cable from the overhead drum and then re-spool the drum. The car began free falling. Its speed was reduced, but the fall not halted, by safety devices that were only partially operating. The car fell four stories to the lowest landing at a garage level. When the car's fall suddenly ended, both Employee #1 and Employee #1 were propelled through the car's ceiling and landed inside on the car's floor. Emergency services were called, and both employees were transported to the hospital and admitted. Employee #1 was treated for an avulsion and a hairline fracture to his toe. Employee #2 was treated for an avulsion, muscle lacerations, a swollen right leg with leaking fluid, and swollen ankles.

Incident on Jan 30, 2003: Employee injured in fall from ladder

Employee #1 was securing a "cap" to an exterior elevator assembly that was 20 fe et high. He was working from an extension ladder leaned against the unit and was using a cordless drill/screwdriver when he lost his balance and fell from the l adder. He sustained fractures to both ankles and was hospitalized.