Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221412562

NORTHSTAR STEEL & ALUMINUM, INC.

Event
Fracture, Leg, Pinned, Steel Plate
NAICS
332999
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345647127
Employer profile
NORTHSTAR STEEL & ALUMINUM, INC.
Summary number
221412562
Report ID
0111700

Event description

Employee's leg is fractured by falling steel plate

Investigation abstract

At 4:30 p.m. on November 10, 2021, an employee was lowering a steel plate onto a platform. The steel fell out of the lifting clamp onto the employee's leg. Her leg was fractured and she was hospitalized to treat her injury.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 50 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    883

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