Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221743339

OPS SALES COMPANY

Event
Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Crushed, Struck Against, Struck By
NAICS
331210
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#348046996
Employer profile
OPS SALES COMPANY
Summary number
221743339
Report ID
0627700

Event description

Employee is fatally injured while handling metal coil

Investigation abstract

At 9:15 a.m. on February 14, 2025, employees were moving a cut metal coil onto a turnstile arm from the main cutting and slitting spooling arm. The inner taper of the coil became caught on the lip of the turnstile arm and began to unwind. To reposition the caught coil ring, employees used crowbars. While doing so, one of the coils began to wobble, detached from the trolley, and struck an employee. The employee sustained fatal injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 40 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    889

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