Incident date: 2021-03-10
NAICS industry code: 322211

An employee was moving materials on a dumbwaiter. The dumbwaiter shifted downward and the employee was caught between the dumbwaiter and the floor resulting in broken ribs and soft tissue injuries that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Dumbwaiters
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate