Incident date: 2023-06-27
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was installing a rake arm to a drive shaft of a clarifier and tightening bolts on the clarifier rake arm. The shaft separated from the expansion joint, causing the unit to drop approximately 3 feet and strike the employee on the top of their right foot. They sustained a fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Mineral sorters, separators, concentrators
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate