United States Steel Corporation - Granite City Works
Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United States Steel Corporation - Granite City Works, 20th and State Streets, GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS 62040
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was inside a motor/concrete pit of a roughing mill to put a cover on the motor. The employee reached to grab a ladder that was handed to him by a co-worker. He had one foot on a 3x3 fiberglass grating cover that was in the middle of the pit when the grate slid, causing the employee to fall through. The employee sustained a back injury.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedConfined spaces, n.e.c.
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