# Crushing injuries at United States Steel Corporation Granite City Works
> OSHA SIR `2020032213` · 3/8/2020 · GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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