CHICAGO, ILLINOIS·2018-02-21

Central Steel & Wire Company

Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Fractures

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Central Steel & Wire Company, 3000 West 51st Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60632 on 2018-02-21, Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.

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Final narrative

An employee was driving a side loader (PIV) to retrieve steel orders when the brakes went out. The employee dismounted from the side loader and was pinned between it and a column, breaking a leg.

Hospitalized Leg(s), unspecified Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

More severe injuries at Central Steel & Wire Company

Apr 30, 2021 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS · Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified Oct 20, 2018 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS · Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Apr 20, 2018 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS · Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. Nov 19, 2016 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS · Struck by dislodged flying object, particle May 19, 2016 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS · Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway

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