Incident date: 2022-06-08
NAICS industry code: 336370

An employee was using a die inverting machine. The employee tried to move out of the way of automotive parts that were falling off a line, but his right foot got caught on the guard of the machine. The parts fell onto the employee's lower right leg, resulting in a compound fracture. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate