VMC Specialty Alloys, LLC
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part - Fractures and burns - ADAIRSVILLE, Georgia
| Employer | VMC Specialty Alloys, LLC |
| Address | 800 Martin Luther King Drive |
| City, State ZIP | ADAIRSVILLE, Georgia 30103 |
| Report ID | 2021108709 |
| Event Date | October 9, 2021 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures and burns |
| Body Part | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. |
| Event Type | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Source of Injury | Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural |
| Secondary Source | Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered |
| Industry (NAICS) | 331314 |
| Inspection # | 1559690 |
| GPS Coordinates | 34.36899, -84.91535 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was injured when two, 19-inch diameter, 16-foot-long aluminum
billets weighing approximately 7,000 - 10,000 pounds each, rolled off the forks of a fork truck while he was stacking steel I-beams as spacers so that the aluminum billets could be placed in the homogenization oven. The fork truck lost hydraulic power to the forks which were holding the billets. This caused them to tilt forward (down) and strike the employee. The billets had an approximate average temperature of at least 500 degrees Fahrenheit. The employee suffered second degree burns to the left hand, a fractured and displaced left ankle, a left distal fibular fracture, multiple fractures on the left and right feet and toes, and third degree burns from the ankle to the waist of the left side. The employee was hospitalized.
Incident Summary
On October 9, 2021, a worker at VMC Specialty Alloys, LLC in ADAIRSVILLE, Georgia suffered fractures and burns to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part, with metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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