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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2019076865 · 7/9/2019 · US Steel Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Scalp
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Other metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
US Steel Corporation
Location
1951 State St., GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
NAICS
331513
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was in-cutting a steel slab with a portable burning machine. The machine did not cut all the way through the slab. The employee bent down to turn off the machine and the end of the slab broke loose, causing the machine to come down and hit the employee in the back of the head. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from a laceration and bleeding.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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