Incident date: 2023-04-23
NAICS industry code: 332812

Three employees were moving a lathe machine that had been put on skates. While adjusting a skate to change its direction, the skate was knocked out from under the machine. The lathe then fell, striking an employee's right leg and breaking their tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metalworking lathes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate