Incident date: 2016-02-04
NAICS industry code: 321113

On February 4th at approximately 2:00 PM, a maintenance mechanic was repairing a broken chain on a debarking/log cutter machine.  A compression roller (log holder) came down and pinned the employee.  The employee was hospitalized with two broken vertebrae requiring surgery. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Log processing machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate