Incident date: 2024-09-04
NAICS industry code: 324110

On September 4, 2024, an employee was using a poke rod to clear a jam from a floor grate that dried distillers grain (DDG) is loaded into for a conveyor. He fell backward to the floor and sustained a brain bleed, two rib fractures, and fractures to their T1 and T2 vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level  unspecified
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate