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OSHA Injury Report: Northwest Steel Erection

Other illness · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an other illness at Northwest Steel Erection in 6285 NE Industry Drive, Des Moines, IA 50313 resulted in days away from work. Employee was ironworker in erecting structural steel.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Northwest Steel Erection
Parent company
Northwest Steel Erection
Street
6285 NE Industry Drive
City
Des Moines
State
IA
ZIP
50313
On-site location
Frito Lay job site

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days away from work
21

Before the incident

EE was laying out steel roof decking sheets at heights

What happened

EE walked forward faster than the retractable device is designed to allow causing the Self Retracting Lanyard to lock up. This resulted in EE being jerked to a stop and boot became stuck in the roof decking profile and caused him to fall on decking surface.

Injury or illness

RIGHT ankle fracture break

Object or substance involved

decking surface

Summary line

Broken ankle due to caught foot in material

Employee and industry

Job description
Ironworker
SOC code
47-2221 — Structural Iron and Steel Workers
NAICS code
238120 — Erecting structural steel
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
231
Total hours worked
345937
EIN
462866279
Establishment ID
977690
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
9:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
30JAN2025:20:22:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.