Incident date: 2024-02-08
NAICS industry code: 423930

At about 11:00 a.m. on February 8, 2024, an employee was repairing a cylinder on a shear/baler processing machine when the cylinder activated. The cylinder failed and forced a brass packing ring forward as a projectile striking the employee's lower right leg. The employee's right tibia and fibula were fractured and the employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Parts and materials  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate