OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221666928
SOUTHERN STEEL SUPPLY, LLC
MEMPHIS, TN·
Event description
Employee is killed after blunt force head trauma from alloy
Investigation abstract
At 9:40 p.m. on April 18, 2024, the employee was maneuvering a double-leg chain sling into position to lift 20-foot-long steel tubing for an order. It is unclear whether the hook or the tubing became caught on an I-beam located beneath the stack of steel tubing, which caused tension that stretched the throat of the hook, releasing it and projecting it upward to strike the employee in the head, or if the hook was already stretched before the lifting began. The employee sustained blunt force head trauma and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 7013
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