Incident date: 2019-10-25
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was disassembling a piece of equipment in the strip mill. The employee was removing a shaft. The shaft came out at the bottom once the bolts were removed. The shaft then struck the employee's legs, causing fractures to both legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate