OSHA Injury Report: Precision Strip, Inc. Kenton

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

On [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] we had an associate fall in the scrap baller. He was attempting to hook up scrap to the arbor and ...

What happened

Root Causes 1.Associate entered the scrap baller to hook up additional strands because he deemed the scrap was not pulling a single strand fast enough to clear the pit for the next run of material.2.Associate attempted to take the first step down to grab another strand as opposed to using the available shepherds hook violation of [REDACTED]CAs 1.Associate accountability LO LA suspensions due to [REDACTED] violations SPP [REDACTED] violations2.Additional LPAs assigned to Leadership auditing proper scrap baller entry PPE key and use of Shepherds hook3.Review incident with all associates in S Q and redefine scrap baller work expectations [REDACTED] and SPP[REDACTED] reviewLong Term CA Solutions to minimize or eliminate the need to enter the scrap ballerDate of Injury [REDACTED] 257 [REDACTED] 25 Update LOSS TIME [REDACTED] has his next follow up appt on [REDACTED] 25RTW with restrictions on [REDACTED] Since the days off are over 180 days we will only record 180 LOSS TIME DAYS ON OSHA LOG.

Injury or illness

Fracture knee

Object or substance involved

Processing

Summary line

On [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] we had an associate fall in the scrap baller. He was attempting to hook up scrap to the arbor and proceeded to fall. The associate outside of the scrap baller notified leadership. Leadership had the associate sit down and appli

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.