Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999953

FULLERTON METALS CO.

Event
UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, INATTENTION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#104559612
Employer profile
FULLERTON METALS CO.
Summary number
999953
Report ID
552700

Event description

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY FALLING HEAVY COIL OF STEEL

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN A STORAGE AREA STACKING AND RESTACKING COILS OF STEEL . ONE COIL, WEIGHING 20,000 POUNDS, SLID OFF THE TOP OF THE STACK, FELL AND STRU CK EMPLOYEE #1. HE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 46 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    20
    Event type
    2
    Source
    28
    Occupation code
    849
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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