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AK Steel Corporation

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. — MIDDLETOWN, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at AK Steel Corporation in MIDDLETOWN, OHIO
Employer AK Steel Corporation Report ID 2019088604
Address 1801 Crawford Street City, State ZIP MIDDLETOWN, OHIO 45044
Event Date August 20, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. Body Part Toes(s), toenail(s)
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 331110 Inspection # 1426897
GPS Coordinates 39.50000, -84.39000

Incident Narrative

A maintenance employee was preparing to rotate a degas vessel. He was looking up at the hoisted platform above the degas vessel when his foot was caught between the vessel and the platform, resulting in a fractured and de-gloved left great toe.

Incident Summary

On August 20, 2019, a worker at AK Steel Corporation in MIDDLETOWN, OHIO suffered fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. to the toes(s), toenail(s). The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with special process machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 1,049 severe injury reports involving "Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified" incidents in our database. Browse all Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified injuries.

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