OSHA Injury Report: Structural Coatings Hertford, LLC

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

looking for a specific piece number on a steel shape for it to be pulled for delivery

What happened

while looking for a specific shape matching the piece number on his pick list employee was using a yard mule to navigate the acreage of the shape yard parked the mule in the area he thought the shape was in. After locating the shape he turned away from the stack of shapes and caught his foot on one that was sticking out farther than the others. He lost his balance and as he was falling toward the ground he hit his left shoulder on the yard mule he had parked there

Injury or illness

dislocated left shoulder and left rotator cuff injury

Object or substance involved

hitting his left shoulder on the yard mule that he had parked in the area as he had tripped and was falling to the ground.

Summary line

dislocated left shoulder from tripping over shape and falling to ground with left shoulder hitting the yard mule that he parked while looking for a specific shape piece number.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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