Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at MISSISSIPPI STEEL PROCESSING, LLC, 400 NORTH STEEL ROAD, COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI 39701
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
Employee was cutting bands from a group of slit coils. The coils were on the turnstile arm. They were not in a static position. When the last piece was cut, it fell off the turnstile and hit the employee. The piece was approximately 60 inches long and weighed 2000 pounds.
An employee was trying to square a bundle of steel sheets using a 4X4 piece of wood up against an I-beam. The sheets caught the employee's left little finger, removing flesh from the knuckle to the fingertip. The fingertip had to be surgically amputated.
At about 4:30 PM on 09/06/2016, an employee operating an overhead gantry crane was using a handheld remote and a C-hook to remove a specific coil of slit steel from among other coils in storage. He became caught between the loaded C-hook and another fixed coil in storage, fracturing his left clavicle (collarbone) and two ribs.
An employee was carrying a load of steel coils with a crane. The load he was carrying hit a stack of coils in front of him. The coils fell on the employee, knocking him and the coils behind him to the ground.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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