Incident date: 2024-04-05
NAICS industry code: 326211

An employee was walking backward on top of a tire machine while carrying drum sections when he fell 2.5 feet onto the machine's O-ring segment. This resulted in two fractured ribs and a punctured lung that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Multiple internal chest locations
severity: moderate