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Worker Crushed To Death By Falling Steel Coil, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Worker Crushed To Death By Falling Steel Coil, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
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On April 13, 2005, a 40-year-old male laborer was moving a 5-feet by 9-inch coil of slitted steel, weighing 6600 pounds, when it fell on him. The laborer was in the process of wrapping a chain through the middle of the coil and through a homemade device on the forks of a forklift when the coil tipped over. As the laborer tried to move away from the falling coil, it landed on his left side, breaking his left leg and causing internal injuries. Other workers in the area did not see, but heard the commotion of the falling coil. The …