Incident date: 2021-07-23
NAICS industry code: 423930

A temporary employee was standing on a conveyor when an alarm went off, signaling that a shredder was about to start up. The employee, startled, rolled off the conveyor and fell to the ground about 8-10 feet below. He suffered a broken pelvis and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate