Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Fractures and dislocations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TMS International, LLC, 2100 Jack Warner Parkway NE, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA 35404
on , Fractures and dislocations, affecting the ankle(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was cutting a steel object with a propylene/oxygen cutting torch when the remaining steel piece (weighing 2,320 lbs.) shifted and started to fall. The employee tried to walk away, but tripped on an uneven surface and fell into the path of the falling steel piece. The steel contacted his upper thighs and the weight of the material dislocated and fractured his right ankle.