Incident date: 2024-06-03
NAICS industry code: 311611

A carcass was entering the transfer station process where it is was transferred from a shackle and secured to a trolley to continue down the rail for processing. An employee was approaching a carcass at the transfer station when the trolley dislodged from the carcass and the carcass fell to the ground and struck him. The employee sustained a fractured lower left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Animal carcass
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate