OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221510472

ERNST METAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC

MORAINE, OH— 2022-11-03T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force trauma, Crane, Crushed, Falling Object, Material Handling, Steel, Unstable Load
NAICS: 333514
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346321607
Employer profile: ERNST METAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Summary number: 221510472
Report ID: 0522000

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by steel coil

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 a.m. on November 3, 2022, an employee was using a Sortman 6-ton crane to load a steel coils weighing more than 2,000 lbs. from a staging area to the mandrel of a Fecker coil feeder. The employee used a prybar to remove the lifting chain attached to an overhead crane, which left a steel coil free standing without support. The steel coil toppled onto the employee, pinning him underneath. The employee was killed as a result of blunt force trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Event type
2

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