JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA—
Canam Steel Corporation
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Canam Steel Corporation, 140 S ELLIS ROAD, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32254 on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
On November 8, 2021, an employee had finished dipping a bundle of steel joists in a paint tank and had set it to dry on top of a stack of bundles using a 10-ton overhead crane. While the employee was walking to get the overhead crane's hook to move the next bundle, the bundle he had just moved fell, causing him to become caught between the bundle and the paint tank. The employee suffered a broken left femur and was hospitalized.
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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA—
Canam Steel Corporation
An employee was rigging a steel joist to be lifted by a crane. The joist fell and pinned the employee against the concrete ground. The employee sustained fractures to multiple ribs, his right arm, right tibia, and an open fracture to his right ankle, as well as a dislocated right hip.
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An employee was manually moving steel across rollers when their right ring finger was caught between the steel and the rollers. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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Canam Steel Corporation
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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA—
Canam Steel Corporation
On March 15, 2020, an employee was moving steel slip coils when a coil came off a crane. The employee's legs were pinned under the coil and one of his legs was broken. He was hospitalized.
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