Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Arcelor Mittal, 900 Conshohocken Rd., CONSHOHOCKEN, PENNSYLVANIA 19428
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was trying to install a new roll of banding metal to the banding roll. A crane operator was lifting the roll on to the machine. When the employee tried to remove the nylon lifting sling, it became stuck. The crane operator tried to remove the stuck sling with the crane. When the operator pulled up on the sling, it pulled the roll of banding off the spool. The banding fell approximately 16 inches onto the employee's foot.
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An employee was carrying a roll of shrink wrap. The employee tripped over a pallet and fell, the roll crushing the employee's left little finger against the floor. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was walking over a transfer surface for hot steel bars when the employee fell towards the hot bar. The employee's right leg came in contact with the hot bar, receiving second and third degree burns from the knee down and above the ankle. The employee also received a burn on the left wrist.
An employee was climbing down from the bottom rung of a portable ladder that was leaned against a segment of a caster on a transport car. While dismounting the ladder, the employee lost balance and fell approximately 3' 2" to the floor below. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured vertebrae in the back and required surgery.
On April 16, 2018, an employee was on a 12-foot ladder soldering a water pipe in the ceiling with a propane torch when the torch flashed, causing first degree burns to the employee's right shoulder and face. The employee fell from the ladder and sustained a concussion, fractured ribs, and fractured vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.
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.
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