Worker Crushed To Death by Falling Steel Coil

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• Corporate Authors:
  Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  On April 13, 2005, a 40-year-old male laborer was moving a 5-feet by 9-inch coil of slitted steel, weighing 6600 pounds, when it fell on him. The laborer was in the process of wrapping a chain through the middle of the coil and through a homemade device on the forks of a forklift when the coil tipped over. As the laborer tried to move away from the falling coil, it landed on his left side, breaking his left leg and causing internal injuries. Other workers in the area did not see, but heard the commotion of the falling coil. The plant manager and other workers rushed to aid the laborer who was conscious. They tried to lift the coil of steel off the laborer's leg, but could not. While one of the workers called emergency services, another used a forklift to remove the coil from the laborer's legs. Cognizant and using a cell phone, the laborer spoke to his wife while he was waiting for emergency management service personnel to arrive. Emergency personnel arrived and he told them that he was hurting and to get him to a hospital. The laborer was taken by ambulance to the closest hospital in a neighboring state where he died that same day from internal injuries. To prevent future occurrences of similar incidents, the following recommendations have been made: Recommendation No. 1: Employers should provide workers with a safe work environment. Recommendation No. 2: Equipment should only be modified with the manufacturer's approval. Recommendation No. 3: Coils should be kept from rolling or falling by use of chocking materials. Recommendation No. 4: An alternative system to transport coils could be implemented.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Author Keywords: Slitted Steel Equipment-operators Equipment-reliability Injuries Injury-prevention Modified Forklift OSHA Region 4 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Steel Coils Training Traumatic-injuries Work-areas Work-environment Work-practices Workers

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE05KY015
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046034
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2015-103747
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 05KY015, 2006 Feb ; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Kentucky Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1993/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7d5520095ee5099480775b29c092ff6d43db1c06b573a7d8328d146b279cdae54907d361b4ff202dd903d6606c50ae6978096e65d897d1aa4de7e1688e9e5478
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/165059/cdc_165059_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 680.51 KB ]