Incident date: 2024-02-21
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was helping start up a plastic extruder. The employee was standing at a screen changer near the end of the extruder. The screen changer broke in half, fell to the ground, and struck the employee, who then fell to the floor and stuck his head. He suffered a brain injury and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries  unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate