Incident date: 2023-05-30
NAICS industry code: 327331

An employee was adjusting a two-inch solid block that had fallen over during transport from the kiln to the loader/unloader. The employee lost their balance and their left hand was caught in the transfer track, resulting in fractures to the fingers and hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate