Incident date: 2019-03-25
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was aligning bolts on an excavator counterweight weighing 4400 pounds during assembly. The counterweight slid sideways and pinned the employee's left arm between it and the surface level causing a fracture below the elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate