Incident date: 2023-09-13
NAICS industry code: 312113

An employee was making repairs on the conveyor chain which serves an automated stacking machine when they were struck by the robotic arm of the stacking machine. The employee was knocked down into a bag stop at the end of the conveyor and one of the metal rods punctured his skin underneath his left armpit. The employee suffered a puncture wound and a left scapula fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Stacking machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate