Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1356248.015 - Metropolitan Rolling Door, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Investigation Summary

At 11:15 a.m. on October 25, 2018, Employee #1 was moving a bundle of four inch by four inch, 20-foot long steel tubes with a forklift onto a truck. The steel tubes were bundled together with 0.25 inch thick metal bandings. Each bundle contained four tubes. While moving one of the bundles of the tubes, the forklift cut off, leaving the forks tilted in a downward angle. Employee #1 then obtained a boom lift that was on site, to move the steel tubes. The boom lift could only pick up one tube at a time, so the employee needed to cut the metal banding surrounding the steel tubes. As he bent down in front of the bundle of tubes, the employee cut the metal banding and the tubes rolled onto his legs, fracturing one of them. He was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Boom Truck, Falling Object, Forklift, Fracture, Leg, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Steel Tube, Struck By