MADILL, OKLAHOMA—
Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., LLC
Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., LLC, 1297 Smiley Rd., MADILL, OKLAHOMA 73446 on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was completing a training activity with a mentor on a molten zinc tank. The employee stepped on the tank lid and his left foot went into the tank, causing third-degree burns to the employee's left foot up to his calf.
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MADILL, OKLAHOMA—
Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., LLC
An employee was changing out a carrier wire rod on the takeoff arm at the fine wire galvanizing line. The takeoff arm began to swing toward the employee and they went to stop it, when their right index finger was caught between the swing and takeoff arm in a 2 metal tubing bracket, resulting in amputation to the first knuckle.
MADILL, OKLAHOMA—
Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., LLC
An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.
MADILL, OKLAHOMA—
Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., LLC
An employee was conducting start-up procedures for a fine wire drawing machine when the steel wire began to coil inside the machine. The employee went to clear the wire when their finger contacted rotating parts, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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