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Doing Steel Inc

Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. — Fractures — SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Doing Steel Inc in SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
Employer Doing Steel Inc Report ID 2022087002
Address 2125 N Golden Ave City, State ZIP SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI 65803
Event Date August 8, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Lower leg(s)
Event Type Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. Source of Injury Metal pipes, tubing
Industry (NAICS) 332312 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 37.23000, -93.33000

Incident Narrative

An employee was undoing the banding on a stack of steel tubing to transfer to the saw deck. The tubes separated and fell on the employee's legs fracturing the left tibial plateau and the lateral malleolus of the right fibula.

Incident Summary

On August 8, 2022, a worker at Doing Steel Inc in SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI suffered fractures to the lower leg(s). The incident was classified as struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c., with metal pipes, tubing identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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