OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221481757

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL CORP MIDDLETOWN WORKS

MIDDLETOWN, OH— 2022-07-26T00:00:00

Event: Crushed, Head, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Maintenance
NAICS: 332111
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346102668
Employer profile: CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL CORP MIDDLETOWN WORKS
Summary number: 221481757
Report ID: 0522000

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by machine

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on July 26, 2022, an employee was performing machine maintenance/setup "gapping" on coil machine #2. During the planned maintenance, the machine was activated and the employee was crushed in the machine. The employee's head was crushed by the coil machine, and the employee was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 46 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
519

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