OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221430390

PRESTIGE STAMPING LLC

WARREN, MI· 2022-01-07T00:00:00

Event: Attachment Hook, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Crane, Crane Hook, Crane Load, Falling Object, Fracture, Leg, Machine operator, Malfunction, Material Handling, Metal, Overhead Crane, Pinned, Sprain, Steel, Struck By, Unstable Load
NAICS: 332119
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345742183
Employer profile: PRESTIGE STAMPING LLC
Summary number: 221430390
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee fractures leg when pinned by falling steel coil

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on January 7, 2022, an employee was using a 2-ton overhead crane to remove a steel coil from a machine in order to lay it on a skid. As the employee was lowering the coil onto the skid, the C-hook detached causing the coil to fall and strike the employee. The employee's left leg was pinned to the concrete floor. The employee fractured and sprained his left leg, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

Event type
1

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