# Fractures at Nouveau Elevator Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241010157` · 10/31/2024 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Handtools  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hard hat, helmet
## Employer
- **Name:** Nouveau Elevator Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 2 Broadway, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10004
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was replacing hoist cables in an elevator pit when a hand tool from another employee working on the elevator car top fell down the elevator shaft and struck him in the head, knocking his hard hat off. Then, a second tool hit him on the top right front of his skull resulting in a fracture.

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