Porter, IN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Worthington Steel Porter
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Worthington Steel Porter in 100 Worthington Dr, Porter, IN 46304 resulted in days away from work. Employee was material Handling in rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Worthington Steel Porter
- Parent company
- Worthington Industries, Inc.
- Street
- 100 Worthington Dr
- City
- Porter
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46304
- On-site location
- Porter Banding Packaging Line
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
Operating bay 8 [REDACTED]
What happened
EE was moving 3 cuts of galvanize coils to the banding floor with the crane. As EE was lowering the hook down to move the banding boom out of the way went too far down setting the coils on the floor. EE grabbed the coils too deep in the hook and the coils slid back on the hook. EE set the coils back down and grabbed the coils off center. In doing so the hook swung away from the EE. As the EE was reaching back with his hand to retrieve the hook strap the hook swung back toward EE and pinched the EE 's hand into the coil that was behind the hook where EE set them down.
Injury or illness
Contusion Crushing cut laceration
Object or substance involved
The backside of the crane hook and a coil
Summary line
Contusion Crushing cut laceration to Left Fingers incl. Thumb caused by The backside of the crane hook and a coil
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Material Handling
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 331221: Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 164
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 324,703
- EIN
- 311585233
- Establishment ID
- 1211120
- Employer case #
- IN20230725
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 11:00
- Time of incident
- 14:45
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-02
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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