Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at METROPOLITAN STEEL, INC.
Start: 6/23/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020065845 · 6/23/2020 · METROPOLITAN STEEL, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Structural elements, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Bundles, bales

Employer

Name: METROPOLITAN STEEL, INC.
Location: 159th Street & Dixie Hwy., MARKHAM, ILLINOIS, 60426
NAICS: 238120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a sleever bar to separate a steel bar joist from a bundle that contained five steel bar joists. The nearest steel bar joist fell on the employee and rolled on the front of the employee's abdomen. The steel bar joist weighs approximately 1,500 pounds. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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