Steel Warehouse Co Inc

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Steel Warehouse Co Inc in ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
Employer Steel Warehouse Co Inc Report ID 2023109418
Address 4305 81st Avenue West City, State ZIP ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS 61201
Event Date October 11, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Bundles, bales
Secondary Source Bundles, bales
Industry (NAICS) 423510 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 41.43000, -90.62000

Incident Narrative

An employee was preparing 4,800-pound steel bundles for lifting and loading into a truck. He grabbed the top two bundles of a stack and the back of the seat lifter caught the third bundle that was below the two bundles being lifted. The third bundle that was being held by the back corner slid out and pinched the employee's left leg between the third bundle and stacks being lifted next to him, resulting in an injury.

Incident Summary

On October 11, 2023, a worker at Steel Warehouse Co Inc in ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with bundles, bales identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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