Incident date: 2018-03-16
NAICS industry code: 811121

An employee was standing by a frame machine (pulls automotive body and frames) while his co-worker was operating it when the machine's hydraulic tower (8-foot, L-shaped machine part) came off and hit the employee's right upper arm, breaking it. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate