OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221465891
COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY
SAYREVILLE, NJ—
Event description
Employee is killed when crushed by rolling mill stand
Investigation abstract
At 4:15 p.m. on May 30, 2022, an employee was making adjustments to the jacks on the rolling mill machine when a coworker in the pulpit of the machine thought that the he heard him say to start it up. When the coworker started the machine, it pulled the employee's left leg into it, crushing his leg, shattering his pelvis, fracturing his ribs and puncturing his chest. The employee died from his injuries.
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 707
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.