BLUE BLADE STEEL CORPORATION

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified - Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. - KENILWORTH, New Jersey

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at BLUE BLADE STEEL CORPORATION in KENILWORTH, New Jersey
Employer BLUE BLADE STEEL CORPORATION
Address 123 NORTH 8TH STREET
City, State ZIP KENILWORTH, New Jersey 07033
Report ID 2017021856
Event Date February 28, 2017
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
Body Part Knee(s) and leg(s)
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source of Injury Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
Industry (NAICS) 332811
GPS Coordinates 40.67734, -74.30334

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Incident Narrative

An employee was uncoiling steel from a reel when his foot got caught and twisted resulting in a fractured left fibula and torn ACL.

Incident Summary

On February 28, 2017, a worker at BLUE BLADE STEEL CORPORATION in KENILWORTH, New Jersey suffered fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. to the knee(s) and leg(s). The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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