Incident date: 2017-12-28
NAICS industry code: 424470

The vat tilter was in the raised position while an employee cleaned the floor around it. It unexpectedly lost pressure and struck the employee resulting in fractured vertebrae, nerve damage to the neck and left arm and other fractures. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate