Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-09-14 | Braddock | Pennsylvania | United States Steel Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was filling a wheelbarrow with sand at a blast furnace when the employee became lightheaded. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
2019-07-10 | Braddock | Pennsylvania | United States Steel Corporation | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was pealing sand away with a bar to direct the flow of molten iron. The iron ejected and contacted the employee causing burns from the base of his left index finger to his left wrist. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-09-14 | Braddock | Pennsylvania | U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been performing helper duties on a blast furnace, including cleaning/loading the mud gun, installing the slag dam, and cleaning the sides of the trough, when he was overcome by heat approximately 6.5 hours into his shift. He suffered heat-related illness, cramping in his arms, and loss of consciousness. | |||||
2018-05-03 | Braddock | Pennsylvania | United States Steel Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was cleaning out the slag runner on a blast furnace when the employee began to experience muscle cramping in the arms, legs, and back. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration and/or potential heat stress-related symptoms. | |||||
2016-05-18 | Braddock | Pennsylvania | Allegheny Housing Rehabilitation Corporation | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell down basement stairs and was hospitalized for a broken shoulder and/or scapula. | |||||
2015-10-19 | Braddock | Pennsylvania | GAP Pollution & Environmental Control, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was acting as a signal person for a driver backing the truck. The employee's left hand was caught between the corner of a building and the truck. The employee underwent surgery to repair a fractured thumb and the surrounding soft tissue. | |||||
2015-03-25 | Mount Braddock | Pennsylvania | Don Miller, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a truck-mounted crane when the jib fell off and struck the employee's leg. The employee suffered a compound fracture of the left leg. |