Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Katy Steel Company, Inc.
Start: 6/24/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016065667 · 6/24/2016 · Katy Steel Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Face, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
Secondary source: Chains, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Katy Steel Company, Inc.
Location: 28017 U. S. Highway 90, KATY, TEXAS, 77494
NAICS: 332312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving an overhead crane and had the crane remote in his hand. He was lifting a bundle of rebar with the crane. There was another free-swinging chain hanging from the crane. The hook at the end of the free-swinging chain hit the employee in the face, crushing the right side.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown