# Fractures at THYSSENKRUPP Elevator Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20191111493` · 11/4/2019 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** THYSSENKRUPP Elevator Corporation
- **Location:** 245 Peachtree Ave. NE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30305
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*