Incident date: 2018-01-09
NAICS industry code: 113310

An employee was removing a boom from a de-limber machine when another employee inadvertently hit the controls to squeeze the machine's grab arm together. The employee was caught in the grab arm and suffered a broken hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Log processing machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate