Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nucor Steel Arkansas, 7301 East CR 142, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS 72315
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the head and trunk.
Final narrative
An employee was walking towards a ramp over a large pit. The employee missed the ramp and fell into the pit, landing on the floor approximately 30 feet below. The employee sustained a fractured skull, broken T-5 and T-7 vertebrae, a collapsed lung, and head trauma.
An employee was working on an outage on a ladle metallurgy furnace when the electrode arm came down and struck their hand, amputating their middle and index fingers.
An employee was working to de-chock a set of four high work rolls which were being removed from the roll mill for maintenance. While he was removing the spreader bar, he was caught in a pinch point between the spreader bar and a roll resulting in amputation of the right pinky fingertip.
An employee was performing grounds maintenance work. The employee stepped on the edge of a ventilation grate when it flipped over, causing the employee to fall about 30 feet to the ground below. They sustained two heel fractures and a left tibia fracture.
An employee removed a cover from a commercial air conditioning unit to change the filters and laid the cover over the A/C grating located at the bottom of the unit. While changing the filters, the employee stepped on the cover. The cover gave way and the employee fell through the grating, landing approximately 26 feet below on a concrete floor. The employee sustained a broken arm, a broken rib, and a punctured lung.
An employee was dismantling a four-tier scaffolding system. When the employee stepped on a wooden scaffold plank, it failed and the employee fell to the cement floor about 28 feet below. The employee was hospitalized for broken bones and body and head trauma.
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