OSHA Injury Report: Bosworth Steel Erectors, LLC

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Adjusting a dunnage for the frame

What happened

An Ironworker and his crew were working on laying out the screen wall frames on the East side of the admin area. Using a forklift an ironworker and his partner were spotting and placing dunnage under the screen wall frames to provide space to rig the frames. As they brought the frame over the signal was given to touch down the backside of the frame and leave the front end up. The Ironworker adjusted the back-side dunnage closest to the forklift and got up to move to the front side. The forklift operator then focused his attention on the partner who was adjusting the dunnage on the top right side of the dunnage. While the forklift operator was watching the partner the ironworker moved to the front-left of the frame to adjust the dunnage. As the partner finished his adjustment the forklift operator started tilting the front side of the frame down. The Ironworker was still adjusting the dunnage on his side and that is when the frame made contact with the Ironworker 's left leg. The ironwo

Injury or illness

Fracture to left ankle

Object or substance involved

steel frame

Summary line

Fracture to the left leg from the steel frame

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.