Welspun Tubular, LLC

Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. — Fractures — LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Welspun Tubular, LLC in LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
Employer Welspun Tubular, LLC Report ID 2018088561
Address 8200 Frazier Pike City, State ZIP LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72206
Event Date August 20, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. Source of Injury Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
Secondary Source Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 331210 Inspection # 1341445
GPS Coordinates 34.70000, -92.18000

Incident Narrative

An employee was moving a scrap bin with an overhead crane. As he was lowering the bin, a 20-inch diameter and 80-foot long pipe automatically kicked off of a conveyor into the area where he was standing. The pipe hit the bin and caused the bin to catch his right leg between the bin and a stationary table, fracturing it. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Incident Summary

On August 20, 2018, a worker at Welspun Tubular, LLC in LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS suffered fractures to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c., with cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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