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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 145374.015 - Employee'S Leg Is Amputated After Being Struck By Falling St

**Accident: 145374.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 02/23/2022**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1580557.015	02/23/2022		Steel Technologies Llc

At 10:00 a.m. on February 23, 2022, an employee was moving steel coils with a co il cart. The employee pressed the incorrect button on the pendant controller whi le standing too close to the coil cart, causing the coils to fall from the cart and onto the employee. The employee sustained fractures to the left leg and was admitted and treated at the hospital, resulting in an amputation.

Keywords: amputation, cart, falling object, fracture, iron, iron worker, leg, mill--plant, operating, operator, pendant control, steel, struck by

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature
1	1580557.015	18	M	Hospitalized injury

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