Incident date: 2018-07-03
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was standing between a sheet stacker and a conveyor. The employee hit the switch for the stacker to drop a sheet, which caused the suction head to retract. This resulted in the employee becoming pinned between the suction head and the conveyor chassis. The employee suffered fractured ribs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Stacking machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate