OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221405350
ARTIFLEX MANUFACTURING ITS DIVISION
GRAND RAPIDS, MI·
Event description
Employee fractures leg when struck by falling skid of sheet
Investigation abstract
At 1:18 p.m. on October 18, 2021, an employee was watching a coworker remove a skid of flat welded steel from the flatbed trailer. The employee was on one side of the flatbed trailer, while the coworker was operating a powered industrial truck on the other side. A skid of flat welded sheet steel fell off the trailer and onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured leg.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 804
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