Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14211312 - EMPLOYEE'S FOOT CRUSHED WHILE MOVING STEEL ON A COIL CART

Accident Summary Nr: 14211312 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 05/30/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14835524	06/08/1984	3316	0	Chesapeake Finished Metals Inc

Abstract: An employee of Chesapeake Finished Metals Incorporated removed a coil of sheet steel from a turnstile using a coil cart, with the intention of banding the coil. The employee was walking backwards with the coil cart. He walked across a piece of plywood covering a hole that measured 4 ft by 8 ft by 1 ft deep. The employee's left foot was caught, and despite the fact that he was wearing metatarsal safety shoes, his foot was crushed between the cart and the edge of the concrete floor. He was hospitalized and treated for partial amputation and permanent disfigurement of his foot.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, STEEL, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, SAFETY SHOE, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14835524			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Other financial officers

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