Incident date: 2023-04-14
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was working in the smoked meats department operating a machine that clips and holds the ham before smoking. A tote used to catch bindery emulsion from the machine was full and moved out from under the workstation. The employee later tripped over the tote and fell to the floor, sustaining a left femur fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate