Incident date: 2020-02-14
NAICS industry code: 336413

A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a tool-changer on a horizontal mill. The tool changer cycled while the employee was inside the machine, striking the employee in the chest. The employee suffered a fractured sternum, two fractured ribs, and small fractures to two bones on the spine. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Milling machines
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate