OSHA Injury Report: Nexus Steel LLC

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Waiting up in the scissor lift to receive the stair stringer from the other ironworker.

What happened

Employees were installing stringers from a scissor lift and one employee was feeding the material from the catwalk. A chainfall was rigged up to lift the stair stringer into place and after they hoisted the stringer they realized it wasn 't high enough to clear the catwalk handrail that 's when the other employee started prying the bottom of the stringer that was in contact with the middle section of the handrail. When the bottom finally cleared the top of the handrail the stringer went out of control and swung pinching the injured employee 's left forearm between the stringer and the top rail of the scissor lift.

Injury or illness

Fracture of the left Ulna bone.

Object or substance involved

Stair stringer and guard rail of scissor lift.

Summary line

The ulna was fractured in the Left forearm caused by the arm being caught and pinched between the upper guardrail of a scissor lift and a steel beam.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.