Incident date: 2019-04-29
NAICS industry code: 335911

At about 5:30 a.m. on April 29, 2019, an employee reached into a machine, through a light curtain, to adjust a proximity switch. The carriage of the machine lifted up and pinned the employee against the roof of the machine. The employee suffered rib fractures and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate