Incident date: 2015-04-21
NAICS industry code: 424110

A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a cab assembly.  He put his arm between a positive stop and the guide assembly.  The cab assembly was not locked out or blocked, and the assembly dropped, hitting his left forearm.  The arm was broken and the employee was transported to a local hospital and admitted.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate