Incident date: 2019-07-25
NAICS industry code: 311421

An employee was working with an automatic can palletizer when he noticed cans had fallen off a pallet. While the employee was resetting the cans, he was struck in the right leg by the machine causing a fracture to the tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate