Incident date: 2023-04-17
NAICS industry code: 325320

On April 17, 2023, at 9:05 a.m., an employee and two co-workers were attempting to recover an 840-kilogram bag of technical powder that had tipped over when two of the same bags behind the employee tipped over. The top bag grazed the employee's back and the second bag hit their left ankle, resulting in an ankle fracture.

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