Inspection Detail

Inspection: 307180638 - Able Iron Works

Inspection Information - Office: Monrovia District Office

Investigation Summary

At approximately 4:20 p.m. on March 8, 2006, Employee #1, a Laborer with Able Iron Works (an ornamental iron and structural steel fabrication and installation company), was assisting a coworker with sections of metal stairs (weighing approximately 600 lbs each). They were moving these stairs across two ground level I-beams toward the edge of the beams. After five to six sets of stairs were stacked against each other, the remaining set of stairs fell on Employee #1's right hand. He was transported to Cal Care Industrial Clinic for treatment of a crushing injury to his right hand with a fracture of the third metacarpal. Employee #1's supervisor was in the area, toward the rear of the work yard, not in direct visual contact.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STAIR, FINGER, METAL SHOP, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALLING OBJECT, HAND