Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at SSAB Alabama, Inc.
Start: 9/9/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099365 · 9/9/2019 · SSAB Alabama, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head, unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source: Nonclassifiable
Secondary source: Wrenches-power not determined

Employer

Name: SSAB Alabama, Inc.
Location: 12400 Highway 43 North, AXIS, ALABAMA, 36505
NAICS: 331110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a wrench to loosen a nut to adjust the vibrating conveyor system of the alloy system hopper. The wrench came off the bolt and the employee fell 6-feet 10-inches. The employee struck their head and sustained lacerations requiring fifteen staples and hospitalization.

Source

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