Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143039.015 - Employee fractures leg when pinned by falling steel coil

Accident Summary Nr: 143039.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 01/07/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1574218.015	01/25/2022		332119	Prestige Stamping Llc

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on January 7, 2022, an employee was using a 2-ton overhead crane to remove a steel coil from a machine in order to lay it on a skid. As the employee was lowering the coil onto the skid, the C-hook detached causing the coil to fall and strike the employee. The employee's left leg was pinned to the concrete floor. The employee fractured and sprained his left leg, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Attachment Hook, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Crane, Crane Hook, Crane Load, Falling Object, Fracture, Leg, Machine operator, Malfunction, Material Handling, Metal, Overhead Crane, Pinned, Sprain, Steel, Struck By, Unstable Load

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1574218.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury

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