# Fractures at Otis Elevator Company
> OSHA SIR `2021064875` · 6/15/2021 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Otis Elevator Company
- **Location:** 2414 N Akard St, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75201
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished installing the traveling cable on an elevator and was standing on the work deck when the hanger failed. As the traveling cable fell, it wrapped around the employee's legs and broke both of his ankles.

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