OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221402605

KLOECKNER METALS CORPORATION

DUBUQUE, IA· 2021-10-12T00:00:00

Event: Falling Object, Fracture, Leg, Rigging, Steel, Steel Beam, Struck By, Tips Over, Unstable Load
NAICS: 423510
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345585426
Employer profile: KLOECKNER METALS CORPORATION
Summary number: 221402605
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee Fractures Leg When Struck By I-Beams

Investigation abstract

At 10:45 a.m. on October 12, 2021, an employee was attaching rigging to a stack of wide flange I-beams at a metal wholesaler. While the employee was working, a stack of wide flange I-beams next to the employee suddenly tipped over and struck the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured lower right leg.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 49 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7013

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