Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130179.015 - Employee fractures leg and arm due to fall into deep pit

Accident Summary Nr: 130179.015 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 10/02/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1496592.015	10/08/2020		332111	Standard Steel, Llc

Abstract: At 8:30 p.m. on October 2, 2020, an employee was working was as a machine maintenance technician for a company that forges steel into railroad car wheels and axils. The employee was handing tools to a coworker across a 10-foot-deep pit. The employee fell into the pit and made impact with the concrete floor below. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured left arm and femur.

Keywords: Abrasion, Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Contusion, Femur, Fracture, Lack of Engineering Controls, Leg, Maintenance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pit, Steel, Technician, Unsafe Position, Unstable Position, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1496592.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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