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CF&I Steel, L.P.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet — Fractures — PUEBLO, COLORADO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at CF&I Steel, L.P. in PUEBLO, COLORADO
Employer CF&I Steel, L.P. Report ID 2024010017
Address 2100 SOUTH FREEWAY City, State ZIP PUEBLO, COLORADO 81004
Event Date January 2, 2024 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Trunk and other upper extremities
Event Type Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet Source of Injury Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
Secondary Source Source, secondary source unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 332312 Inspection # 1719340
GPS Coordinates 38.23000, -104.61000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working at an electric arc furnace. The employee was cleaning ash and shoveling it down a 3-by-3-foot electrode mast hole to the level below. The electrode mast hole did not have an electrode in it due to the furnace being shut down at the time. The employee fell through the hole approximately 20 feet. The employee suffered fractures to their left shoulder, pelvis, L1, L2, and L3 vertebrae; and S1, S2, and S3 sacral bones.

Incident Summary

On January 2, 2024, a worker at CF&I Steel, L.P. in PUEBLO, COLORADO suffered fractures to the trunk and other upper extremities. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet, with existing opening, hole in constructed surface identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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