Des Moines, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Northwest Steel Erection
Other illness · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an other illness at Northwest Steel Erection in Des Moines, IA 50313 resulted in days away from work. Employee was ironworker in erecting structural steel.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Northwest Steel Erection
- Parent company
- Northwest Steel Erection
- Street
- 6285 NE Industry Drive
- City
- Des Moines
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50313
- On-site location
- Frito Lay job site
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
- Days away from work
- 21
Before the incident
EE was laying out steel roof decking sheets at heights
What happened
EE walked forward faster than the retractable device is designed to allow causing the Self Retracting Lanyard to lock up. This resulted in EE being jerked to a stop and boot became stuck in the roof decking profile and caused him to fall on decking surface.
Injury or illness
RIGHT ankle fracture break
Object or substance involved
decking surface
Summary line
Broken ankle due to caught foot in material
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Ironworker
- SOC code
- 47-2221 — Structural Iron and Steel Workers
- NAICS code
- 238120 — Erecting structural steel
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 231
- Total hours worked
- 345937
- EIN
- 462866279
- Establishment ID
- 977690
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 9:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 30JAN2025:20:22:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.