# Fractures and dislocations at Schindler Elevator Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020065467` · 6/11/2020 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet
- **Source:** Elevators
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Schindler Elevator Corporation
- **Location:** 429 11th Ave, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11215
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a new elevator, working from a false elevator car in the shaft. A railing on the false car fell apart and the employee fell through it, landing 23 feet below in the pit of the elevator shaft. The employee suffered a broken foot, dislocated shoulder, and broken pelvis.

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