Optimus Steel, LLC

An employee was preparing to rig an aerial lift to an overhead crane in a bay that had 4 to 8 inches of standing water. The employee went to a waste pile to get wooden pallets to stand on. The employee slipped and fell into lime that was in the waste pile. The employee then fell into the the standing water, creating a chemical reaction with the lime. The employee was hospitalized with second-degree chemical burns on both legs.

Employees were connecting railcars in preparation for later use. One of the employees was standing in-between two sets of railcars. The employee was trying to straighten out the coupler on one of the cars that was attached to the engine so that it could connect to the string of stationary railcars. A second set of railcars (approximately 10) rolled forward and struck/pinned the employee's arm between the two couplers. The second set of railcars that rolled forward did not have a chock installed under the wheel. The employee suffered fractures, severe bruising to the arm, and compartment syndrome, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was opening a precast concrete form and rolled his ankle. The employee required surgery on his ankle.

An employee had finished applying pesticide in an area. As he walked away, he slipped; he did not fall, but suffered a lower back sprain.

An employee was walking when they slipped in some water but didn't fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken blood vessel in his right calf.

An employee was unstrapping a secured load on the back of a vehicle. She lost her balance, then suffered a broken right leg while trying to catch herself. She was hospitalized.

An employee was stepping onto a short ladder to reach and connect an electrical line when he slipped. The lower portion of the right side of his ribcage struck the deck at the top of the ladder, resulting in a lacerated spleen. The employee required surgery.

An employee fell while entering the building. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.

An employee was doing a cable change on top of an electric overhead traveling (EOT) crane. They were positioned between the cable drum and the drive shaft. While rotating the cable drum, the employee reached for the new cable that was to be installed. The grease fitting on the drive shaft caught their fall harness and pulled them underneath the drive shaft. The employee was pinned between the drive shaft and two pieces of angle steel, resulting in a fracture to their left hip.

An employee was working to close a furnace door. The hydraulic mechanism that opens and closes the furnace door was non-operational and had been disconnected to allow the furnace door to be opened manually. As the employee was releasing the pins that held the door open, the door and the hydraulic cylinder fell, pinching their left hand between the hydraulic cylinder's base plate and the furnace. The employee suffered amputation of the little fingertip.

A rolling mill was shut down due to a cobble between two mill stands. The injured employee was cleaning the cobble from the delivery side of stand A, while another employee went to the control panel to move stand B and stand A moved instead. The injured employee's right thumb got caught between the delivery guide of stand A and the looper trough. The tip of his thumb required surgical amputation to the bone to allow for stitches.

An employee was helping another employee load stock material onto a press brake when the stock slipped. The injured employee's right index finger was caught between the press brake die and the stock, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.