Incident date: 2015-09-23
NAICS industry code: 321912

An automatic stacker machine became jammed with wood boards. An employee hit the boards with a hammer from underneath to loosen them up and unjam the machine. The boards became unjammed and spilled out of the machine onto the employee's leg.  The employee suffered a broken left leg that required hospitalization for surgery.

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