Incident date: 2025-08-14
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was operating a lumber strapping machine when a board became skewed. While the employee was working to straighten it, the machine struck the employee, who suffered a broken sternum and broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Banding, baling, strapping machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the chest
severity: moderate