Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 147147.015 - Employee fractures leg when struck by metal tubing

Accident Summary Nr: 147147.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 01/05/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1576103.015	02/02/2022		332313	Paramount Roll & Forming Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on January 5, 2022, Employee #1 was using an angle machine in a shop. A truck loaded with cargo arrived, and the truck driver asked Employee #1 to unload the truck. Employee #1 went to the back of the shop to get the pendulum controlled overhead crane to unload the cargo. He climbed over an approximately 3.5-foot-tall stack of rectangular metal tubes to get to the pendulum control for the overhead crane. The tubes were not secured, and one of the 2,200-pound tubes fell onto his right leg. Employee #1 sustained a fractured right leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Falling Object, Fracture, Leg, Machine operator, Metal, Overhead Crane, Stack, Struck By, Unloading, Unsecured

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1576103.015	51	M	Hospitalized injury		Production helpers

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