Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 151047.015 - Employee is killed when crushed by steel coil

Accident Summary Nr: 151047.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 11/03/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1632160.015	11/03/2022		333514	Ernst Metal Technologies Llc

Abstract: At 3:00 a.m. on November 3, 2022, an employee was using a Sortman 6-ton crane to load a steel coils weighing more than 2,000 lbs. from a staging area to the mandrel of a Fecker coil feeder. The employee used a prybar to remove the lifting chain attached to an overhead crane, which left a steel coil free standing without support. The steel coil toppled onto the employee, pinning him underneath. The employee was killed as a result of blunt force trauma.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Crane, Crushed, Falling Object, Material Handling, Steel, Unstable Load

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1632160.015	39	M	Fatality

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