OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14457121
UNITED STATES STEEL CORP GENEVA WORKS
OREM, UT—
Event description
CATAPULTED INTO AIR BY STEEL PLATE; INJURED BACK
Investigation abstract
ON JANUARY 30, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:25 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON A MET AL PLATE COVER PERFORMING HIS JOB AS STOCKER AT THE U.S. STEEL MILL IN OREM, UTA H. AT THIS TIME, A STEEL SLAB FELL FROM THE STOCK AND STRUCK THE OPPOSITE END OF THE METAL PLATE ON WHICH EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING. HE WAS CATAPULTED 42 INCHES INTO THE AIR. WHEN HE LANDED ON HIS FEET, EMPLOYEE #1 INJURED HIS BACK.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 636
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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