Incident date: 2020-04-23
NAICS industry code: 321219

A millwright was doing preventive maintenance on a cooling wheel that was locked out. The failsafe brake malfunctioned, causing the wheel to turn and strike him. He suffered a broken left arm, a broken left leg, and broken ribs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate