Incident date: 2024-02-29
NAICS industry code: 326122

An employee was adjusting a six-axis robot arm in the barcode/packaging area, when the robot struck the employee resulting in six rib fractures that required hospitalization. The robot was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate