COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI—
MISSISSIPPI STEEL PROCESSING, LLC
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · 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
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.
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COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI—
Mississippi Steel Processing LLC
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.
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI—
MISSISSIPPI STEEL PROCESSING, LLC
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.
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI—
MISSISSIPPI STEEL PROCESSING, LLC
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.
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