Decatur, AL —
OSHA Injury Report: Monarch Steel of Alabama, Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Monarch Steel of Alabama, Inc. in Decatur, AL 35601 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was material Handler in flat Rolled Steel.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Monarch Steel of Alabama, Inc.
- Parent company
- American Consolidated Industries
- Street
- 1425 Red Hat Rd.
- City
- Decatur
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35601
- On-site location
- BLK Storage Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 22
Before the incident
Using a forklift to pull and stage loads for [REDACTED] shipments.
What happened
Employee was picking up 2 bundles of MTDMA to stage a load for pickup. When he lifted the sheets off the bundle they were sitting on the forklift tipped forward with the rear of the forklift in the air. The sheets slid off the forks
Injury or illness
Jarred neck back. Stated he had a tightening feeling. Also hit head but said his head did not hurt.
Object or substance involved
bundles that caused forklift to tip forward
Summary line
Employee tipped the forklift forward spilled the load and then the forklift slammed back down to the ground hurting the employees back.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Material Handler
- SOC code
- 53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 423510 — Flat Rolled Steel
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 45
- Total hours worked
- 99679
- EIN
- 341896983
- Establishment ID
- 806883
- Employer case #
- 2023-0042
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 4:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 6:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 08JAN24:16:11:00
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.