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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20231110844 · 11/27/2023 · Doherty Steel, Inc.

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
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Doherty Steel, Inc.
Location
21110 W. 311th St., PAOLA, KANSAS, 66071
NAICS
238120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was in the yard directing a forklift to move steel beams closer together on dunnage. The forklift boom was reaching over a stack of I-beams and while moving one of the stacks, the boom struck a lower level of dunnage and knocked over a 50-foot long I-beam weighing approximately 1,800 pounds. The I-beam struck the employee's legs from behind, breaking both legs.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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