Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201614484 - Worker Fractures Leg When Loading Steel Bar Onto Railcar

Accident Summary Nr: 201614484 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 04/11/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313683005	04/14/2010	3312	331221	Cascade Steel Rolling Mills Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 p.m. on April 11, 2010, Employee #1 was one of three workers loading a railcar with 0.625 in. by 30 ft steel merchant bar, machine-tied in bundles with 8 mm 1006 annealed wire loops. The crane operator picked up four bundles of the material while Employee #1 and Employee #2 followed to the rail car. When the bar landed on the rail car, Employee #1 unhooked the four bundles. One of the bundle ties came untied, and the bundle spread open at the end. Employee #1 ran and jumped over a standard guardrail on the dock to get clear of the load. When he landed, he twisted his ankle. He sustained fractures to his lower left leg and ankle and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEEL, TRIPPED, MILL--PLANT, ANKLE, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313683005			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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