OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391618

D & D WELDING & FABRICATION, LLC

MIAMI, FL· 2021-09-09T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Crushed, Dunnage, Falling Object, Foot, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, H-Beam, Industrial Truck, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Work Procedures, Manufacturing, Material Handling, Metal, Metal Beam, Partial Amputation, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Steel Beam, Struck By, Toe, Traumatic Amputation, Unloading, Unsafe Position, Unstable Load
NAICS: 332312
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345531487
Employer profile: D & D WELDING & FABRICATION, LLC
Summary number: 221391618
Report ID: 0418800

Event description

Employee fractures toes when heavy steel beam falls on foot

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on September 9, 2021, an employee working for a fabricated dunnage and onto the employee's foot. The employee was wearing steel-toed shoes. He was transported to the hospital, where he was hospitalized to treat 15 fractures to his foot requiring surgery. structural metal products manufacturer was assisting with unloading staging materials from a D&D truck. The staging materials included products such as steel beams and columns. The employee was acting as a spotter for a coworker who was a certified forklift operator. While the coworker was operating the forklift, the employee was standing by the load, which was an approximate 4,500-pound steel I-beam. The employee had his left foot was underneath the beam which was staged on top of wood dunnage. As the coworker shifted the load, the forks from the forklift bumped into the beam causing the beam to shift off the

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M

Event type
1

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