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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2020032213 · 3/8/2020 · United States Steel Corporation Granite City Works

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury
Crushing injuries

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Casting machinery

Employer

Name
United States Steel Corporation Granite City Works
Location
1951 State St., GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
NAICS
331513
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The cast deck crew were performing a ladle exchange, which involves the ladle turret being rotated from north to south to exchange the empty ladle with a full ladle. The crew were changing the ladle shroud during the ladle exchange. The crew removed the spent shroud from the empty ladle and turret rotation was then initiated to exchange the empty ladle. The crew was placing a new shroud onto the shrouding device, when an employee s foot was caught between the shrouding device and the access stairway on the north tundish car. The injured employee was hospitalized with a crushing injury to the left foot.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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