Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Baten Steel Erectors, Inc.
Start: 11/19/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181111915 · 11/19/2018 · Baten Steel Erectors, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Angle irons

Employer

Name: Baten Steel Erectors, Inc.
Location: Corner of Ranchview and Sante Fe Trail, IRVING, TEXAS, 75063
NAICS: 238120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two workers were separating a bundle of 2-3 angle iron bar joists. The injured employee was using a pry bar on the ground and was the "hook-on" man. He was separating the angle iron (30-feet length x 2ft. high) when a loose iron bar joist fell onto the employee's left leg crushing it.

Source

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