OSHA Injury Report: Precision Strip, Inc. Tipp City

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

An Associate informed me that the CTL line operator tripped and fell while trying to attack a safety band on secondary m...

What happened

Direct Causes Underlying Causes Thoroughly Explain Left foot got caught under the pack. Body kept moving but the foot did not. The poly board was too close and caused a tight area. Didnt use same size boards on scrap could not run the scrap out any further do the board hitting the gate. Housekeeping. If the boards were not left on the floor from the previous run there would have been less congestion and would have helped eliminate a trip hazard. Tring to save time and effort. Area was never intended to be a workstation.Area was never identified as a risk.Other Contributing Conditions Factors the plates have some flex and you can get your foot caught up between the rolls.Corrective actionsMove the banding cart to a better location crew deemed that was the best spotGet and use consistent size boards so scrap can be ran out furthercompleted 10 23 25Training Band the scrap up first then move the boardscompleted 10 23 25STCA Picked up all poly boards off the floorComplete 10 23 25LTCA Imple

Injury or illness

Sprain strain ankle

Object or substance involved

L602 Reject Piler

Summary line

An Associate went to place a safety band on a scrap pack. The associate lost their footing and fell into the gate.

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.