Fractures

Name: Fractures at Beck Steel, Inc.
Start: 6/9/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020065368 · 6/9/2020 · Beck Steel, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower extremities, unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Beams-unattached metal

Employer

Name: Beck Steel, Inc.
Location: 401 N. Loop 289, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79403
NAICS: 332312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were in a fabrication shop, working on opposite ends of a 30x150 steel beam. One of them reached out to push/stop the beam as he was trying to move out of its path, but the bottom flange caught his left foot, causing a laceration and broken bones. He was hospitalized.

Source

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