Incident date: 2020-10-13
NAICS industry code: 333131

An employee was attempting to replace a wear pad on a crusher. A come-along, being used to hold an access gate open, came loose and dropped the gate onto the employee. The employee suffered a chipped and/or broken vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate