OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221434434

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS WARREN

WARREN, OH· 2022-01-24T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Gate, Guardrail, Knee, Leg, Maintenance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Repair, Struck Against, Unsecured, Wrist
NAICS: 332111
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345765820
Employer profile: CLEVELAND-CLIFFS WARREN
Summary number: 221434434
Report ID: 0522300

Event description

Employee incurs multiple fractures in fall from aerial lift

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on January 24, 2022, an employee was using a Ballymore manlift to reach an elevated furnace unit for repair. The employee did not have secure the gate and it opened and caused work platform to shift. The employee fell off the manlift about 9 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee incurred multiple fractures to his leg, knee, and wrists, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 61 M

Event type
5

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