OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221497746

CLEVELAND CLIFFS INDIANA HARBOR

EAST CHICAGO, IN— 2022-09-15T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Debris, Falling Object, Head, Spine, Struck By, Welder, Welding
NAICS: 331110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #346231079
Employer profile: CLEVELAND CLIFFS INDIANA HARBOR
Summary number: 221497746
Report ID: 0551800

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by falling debris

Investigation abstract

At 11:30 a.m. on September 15, 2022, an employee was welding in a ladle when he completed the weld and left the ladle. The employee was walking when he was struck by falling debris from the roof monitor of the building and suffered fatal head and spinal injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 44 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
519

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