Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-27 | Steelton | Pa | C & D Rigging Realty LLC | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was working on a handrail system between a short concrete wall and a stack of steel blooms consisting of 8-inch square sections of steel that were 30 feet long and stacked 4 feet high. The blooms shifted and pinned the employee against the wall, resulting in a broken right leg and right knee along with bruising on the left leg. | |||||
2021-02-08 | Steelton | Pa | Dura-Bond Pipe LLC | Hand(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was moving a sled in order to begin the adjustment of a roller. The employee sustained a fractured left hand when their hand was caught between a conveyor roller and the sled. | |||||
2020-01-20 | Steelton | Pennsylvania | ArcelorMittal, LLC | Forearm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on a patch of ice, resulting in a fracture to his right radius and nerve damage. | |||||
2019-08-21 | Steelton | Pennsylvania | ARCELOR MITTAL | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was walking over a transfer surface for hot steel bars when the employee fell towards the hot bar. The employee's right leg came in contact with the hot bar, receiving second and third degree burns from the knee down and above the ankle. The employee also received a burn on the left wrist. | |||||
2019-08-13 | Steelton | Pennsylvania | ARCELOR MITTAL | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was climbing down from the bottom rung of a portable ladder that was leaned against a segment of a caster on a transport car. While dismounting the ladder, the employee lost balance and fell approximately 3' 2" to the floor below. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured vertebrae in the back and required surgery. | |||||
2018-04-07 | Steelton | Pennsylvania | ArcelorMittal, LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
An employee was raising a pendant crane when the hook became caught on a spacer block and knocked the other blocks over. The blocks rolled to the floor and onto the employee's feet, fracturing both. | |||||
2017-08-16 | Steelton | Pennsylvania | ArcelorMittal, LLC | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
On August 16, 2017, at 5:30 p.m., an employee was attempting to disconnect a crane magnet when an arc flash occurred. He was shocked, receiving a 4-inch burn on his right forearm, a burn in the middle of the right side of his back, and a burn on the top of his right foot. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-03-27 | Steelton | Pennsylvania | ArcelorMittal, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using an overhead chain lift to lift a 29-foot-long flat bar weighing 2900 lbs. when the hook holding the chain bent, allowing the flat bar to slip and amputate the employee's left middle and ring fingertips. | |||||
2016-10-12 | Steelton | Pennsylvania | Dura-Bond Pipe LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was working a roller line and was struck by a pipe when the roller line was started resulting in a lower leg amputation. | |||||
2016-09-06 | Steelton | Pennsylvania | Arcelor Mittal | Ankle(s) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
An employee burned 90-foot long scrap rails to cut them in half and make them easier to move. One of the steel rails rolled over, hitting another rail and causing it to also roll over and crush the employee's left ankle. He required surgery. | |||||
2016-02-15 | Steelton | Pennsylvania | ArcelorMittal, LLC | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking from their car to the plant, slipped on the ice, and fell resulting in a broken knee cap. | |||||
2015-01-19 | Steelton | Pennsylvania | Track Builders, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
Employees were using a backhoe to remove a section of railroad rail when the rail broke loose and swung, striking an employee in the leg. The employee received fractures to the femur and ankle. It was estimated that the rail was 18 feet long and the employee was 15 to 16 feet from the backhoe. |