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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2023087916 · 8/28/2023 · Waukegan Steel, LLC.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Beams-unattached metal
Secondary source
Cranes, unspecified

Employer

Name
Waukegan Steel, LLC.
Location
1201 Belvidere Street, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, 60085
NAICS
332312
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A temporary employee used a crane to lower a steel I-beam and placed it on cribbing blocks on the floor. As he was retracting the steel lifting clamp of the crane, the clamp hit the underside of the beam and knocked it over. The falling beam fractured the employee's left leg.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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