Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99027.015 - Employee sustains fractured pelvis when struck by falling sl

Accident Summary Nr: 99027.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 09/11/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1264002.015	10/02/2017		811310	Systems Plant Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on September 11, 2017, an employee was working for a firm that repaired and maintained commercial and industrial machinery and equipment. He was working at a steel mill. He was standing under the open cover of an electric arc furnace. The cover had slag stuck on it and the furnace was cold. As a coworker used a pry bar to loosen the slag, the slag fell. The slag struck the employee and pushed him against an immovable object. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught Between, Falling Object, Fracture, Maintenance, Pelvis, Steel, Steel-Melting Furn, Struck By, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1264002.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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