{"id":44370,"date":"2026-09-14T12:12:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/?post_type=safety-alert&#038;p=44370"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:17:21","slug":"2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in","status":"publish","type":"safety-alert","link":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/safety-alert\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\/","title":{"rendered":"2026-07-30 Incident Injury &#8211; Caught In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A mechanic and an apprentice used the temporary movable work platform to access the overhead so they could change the battery in a battery powered light. When the mechanic told the apprentice to run the car back down, the mechanic\u2019s hand became caught in the overhead sheave and cable used for the cable climber. The apprentice had to run the car back up to remove the mechanic\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44371 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_1.png?resize=1080%2C608&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IUEC - Slide with a yellow diamond Safety Committee sign, a red IUEC logo, and white text reading IUEC Incident Summary, Close Calls &amp; Injuries, Injury, July 30, 2026. A warning at the bottom says: Graphic Image. International Union of Elevator Constructors\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_1.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_1.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_1.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_1.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_1.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44372 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_2.png?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IUEC - Close-up of a large overhead pulley system with a thick cable in a mechanical room. The image includes detailed incident information, safety warnings, and a highlighted date for Safety Stand Down Day. International Union of Elevator Constructors\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_2.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_2.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_2.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_2.png?w=1534&amp;ssl=1 1534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-44373\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_3.png?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IUEC - A severely injured, bloody hand is shown beside safety recommendations and lessons about elevator work, including the need for safety policies, risk assessments, and never holding ropes or sheaves. Safety Stand Down Day is highlighted. International Union of Elevator Constructors\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_3.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_3.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_3.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-30-Incident-Injury-Caught-In_Page_3.png?w=1534&amp;ssl=1 1534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mechanic and an apprentice used the temporary movable work platform to access the overhead so they could change the battery in a battery powered light. When the mechanic told the apprentice to run the car back down, the mechanic\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12605,"featured_media":40509,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"safety-alert-category":[128,129],"class_list":["post-44370","safety-alert","type-safety-alert","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","safety-alert-category-close-calls","safety-alert-category-on-the-job-injury"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2026-01-02 IUEC Safety Alert - Incident Injury - Other<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/safety-alert\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2026-01-02 IUEC Safety Alert - Incident Injury - Other\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A mechanic and an apprentice used the temporary movable work platform to access the overhead so they could change the battery in a battery powered light. When the mechanic told the apprentice to run the car back down, the mechanic\u2019s...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/safety-alert\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IUEC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IUECOfficial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-14T17:17:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IUEC-Safety-Alert.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@IUEC_Official\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.org\\\/index.php\\\/safety-alert\\\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.org\\\/index.php\\\/safety-alert\\\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\\\/\",\"name\":\"2026-01-02 IUEC Safety Alert - Incident Injury - Other\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.org\\\/index.php\\\/safety-alert\\\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.org\\\/index.php\\\/safety-alert\\\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/iuec.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/IUEC-Safety-Alert.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-14T17:12:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-14T17:17:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.org\\\/index.php\\\/safety-alert\\\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.org\\\/index.php\\\/safety-alert\\\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.org\\\/index.php\\\/safety-alert\\\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/iuec.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/IUEC-Safety-Alert.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/iuec.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/IUEC-Safety-Alert.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1\",\"width\":900,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"IUEC - Yellow diamond-shaped sign with black and red text reads Safety Alerts, overlaid on a blurred background of an elevator shaft\u2014an important message from the International Union of Elevator Constructors. International Union of Elevator Constructors\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.org\\\/index.php\\\/safety-alert\\\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2026-07-30 Incident Injury &#8211; Caught In\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"IUEC\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"IUEC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Stand-Down-2025-Logo.jpg?fit=425%2C418&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Stand-Down-2025-Logo.jpg?fit=425%2C418&ssl=1\",\"width\":425,\"height\":418,\"caption\":\"IUEC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/IUECOfficial\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/IUEC_Official\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/iuec-international-union-of-elevator-constructors\\\/posts\\\/?feedView=all\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/iuecorg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/iuec.official\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2026-01-02 IUEC Safety Alert - Incident Injury - Other","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/safety-alert\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2026-01-02 IUEC Safety Alert - Incident Injury - Other","og_description":"A mechanic and an apprentice used the temporary movable work platform to access the overhead so they could change the battery in a battery powered light. When the mechanic told the apprentice to run the car back down, the mechanic\u2019s...","og_url":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/safety-alert\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\/","og_site_name":"IUEC","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IUECOfficial\/","article_modified_time":"2026-09-14T17:17:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IUEC-Safety-Alert.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@IUEC_Official","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/safety-alert\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\/","url":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/safety-alert\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\/","name":"2026-01-02 IUEC Safety Alert - Incident Injury - Other","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/safety-alert\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/safety-alert\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IUEC-Safety-Alert.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-09-14T17:12:53+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-14T17:17:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/safety-alert\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/safety-alert\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/safety-alert\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IUEC-Safety-Alert.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IUEC-Safety-Alert.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1","width":900,"height":600,"caption":"IUEC - Yellow diamond-shaped sign with black and red text reads Safety Alerts, overlaid on a blurred background of an elevator shaft\u2014an important message from the International Union of Elevator Constructors. International Union of Elevator Constructors"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/safety-alert\/2026-07-30-incident-injury-caught-in\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2026-07-30 Incident Injury &#8211; Caught In"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\/","name":"IUEC","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\/#organization","name":"IUEC","url":"https:\/\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stand-Down-2025-Logo.jpg?fit=425%2C418&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stand-Down-2025-Logo.jpg?fit=425%2C418&ssl=1","width":425,"height":418,"caption":"IUEC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iuec.mystagingwebsite.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IUECOfficial\/","https:\/\/x.com\/IUEC_Official","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/iuec-international-union-of-elevator-constructors\/posts\/?feedView=all","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/iuecorg","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iuec.official\/"]}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/safety-alert\/44370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/safety-alert"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/safety-alert"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12605"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44370"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/safety-alert\/44370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44380,"href":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/safety-alert\/44370\/revisions\/44380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44370"},{"taxonomy":"safety-alert-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuec.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/safety-alert-category?post=44370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}