Incident date: 2018-07-05
NAICS industry code: 562920

An employee was tasked with cutting a bale that had a combination of plastic and cardboard. He was using a pair of shears to cut the wire banding when the bale collapsed onto his left leg, breaking his femur. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in collapsing structure, equipment, or material, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate