Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at MIDWEST SCRAP MANAGEMENT, 8116 Wilson Rd, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64125
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was working on the ground in a scrap yard. A second employee operating a material handler released a bundle of scrap from the handler. The employee on the ground was struck by the bundle of scrap. He was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and tailbone.
An employee was greasing the rollers on the tumbler when his right arm was caught between two rollers and lacerated. The employee was hospitalized. The rollers were not locked out/tagged out.
An employee was checking a double feed roller hydraulic assembly to see if any obstructions were keeping it from opening all the way. As the employee removed a piece of steel, the employee was crushed in the hydraulic assembly resulting in fractured ribs and vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was clearing the conveyor belt that fed an auto shredder. A piece of rebar stuck in the conveyor struck the employee's lower left leg, breaking it.
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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