OSHA Injury Report: Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc., d/b/a Liberty Steel & Wire-Peoria

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee had just returned from the break room and was walking back to his workstation.

What happened

The employee had just returned from the breakroom was standing on one side of the hook line conveyor talking to his supervisor. He finished his discussion and proceeded to cross over the hook line as the conveyor system was starting. Instead of waiting for the hook to pass the operator decided to try to squeeze between the moving hook and a guard rail to get back to his workstation. The hook caught him in the back fracturing two of his ribs.

Injury or illness

Fractured Ribs

Object or substance involved

Hook on hook conveyor

Summary line

Fractured Ribs from conveyor hook

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.