SINTON, TEXAS·2024-10-05

Steel Dynamics - Southwest - Sinton Division

Other fall to lower level unspecified · Fractures

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Steel Dynamics - Southwest - Sinton Division, 8534 Texas 89, SINTON, TEXAS 78387 on 2024-10-05, Fractures, affecting the rib(s), oblique area.

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Final narrative

An employee was placing a secure device on a large steel coil. The employee was pulling on a manual crimping tool when it slipped, and the sudden release caused him to stumble backward, fall into the opening between the coil saddles and down into a pit below. The employee sustained fractured ribs, a laceration to the head, and left leg/knee pain.

Hospitalized Rib(s), oblique area Other confined spaces n.e.c.

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