Incident date: 2017-10-23
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was cleaning out the feed-wheel of a wood chipper when the trailer jack holding the feed-wheel in place slipped out. The feed-wheel then struck the employee's left forearm, fracturing and lacerating it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Chippers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate