WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA·
Macksteel Warehouse, Inc.
Struck by other falling object n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Macksteel Warehouse, Inc., 415 20th Avenue Southeast, WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA 57201 on , Fractures, affecting the ankle(s) and hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was rigging bundles of round tubing to be lifted from the floor onto a rack using an overhead crane and a spreader beam. As the load was being lifted, it began to lean to one side. The employee reached out to hold up the end of the bundle. The bundle (weighing approximately 1,500 pounds) continued to lean further until it slipped from the chains and fell onto the employee from a height of 5 feet. The bundle knocked him to the ground and landed on him. The employee sustained fractures to his hip and ankle.
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