CALVERT, ALABAMA—
Outokumpu Stainless USA LLC
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Outokumpu Stainless USA LLC, 1 Steel Drive, CALVERT, ALABAMA 36513 on — Fractures , affecting the Forearm(s).
Final narrative
An employee replaced a hydraulic hose on a hydraulic cylinder that is used to close the furnace doors. The employee was testing the machine and went to adjust or fix the hose when his right arm was caught between the cylinder and the frame of the furnace. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured distal ulnar shaft.
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CALVERT, ALABAMA—
Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC.
An employee was removing a dozer pump and motor. As the employee was removing the bolts, the employee's hip contacted the drain line, which broke and released hydrofluoric acid. The acid burned the employee's right calf where the chemical suit had ridden up.
CALVERT, ALABAMA—
Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC.
An employee was sitting in the cab of a forklift while fueling the lift. The fuel started to overflow so the employee exited the cab and slipped and fell 3 feet to the cement. She landed on and fractured her ankle.
CALVERT, ALABAMA—
Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC.
An employee was helping straighten out steel coils. Bands were in place to hold the coils; a hold-down bar was about to be lowered so that pressure could be applied to a coil and the bands would be further tightened. The bar was lowered while the employee's right hand was on top of the coil. His index fingertip was caught between the coil and the bar, resulting in an amputation.
CALVERT, ALABAMA—
Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC
An employee was lacing using an oxygen lancer. Concrete was heated by the lance and metal slag shot into the air and contacted the injured employee. The employee sustained burns to the left foot and right hand.
CALVERT, ALABAMA—
Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC.
An employee was assisting the crane operator with the four way rigging to a crop bucket for removal at the melt shop area of the plant and was caught between the lifting device and the hand rail resulting in three fractured ribs on the right side.
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