Incident date: 2023-06-09
NAICS industry code: 115310

Employees were using a lift to place a harvester head onto jack stands. The lift hydraulics activated and pushed the harvester head off the jack stands and onto two employees. Employee 1 was hospitalized with fractures to the pelvis and femur and a dislocated hip. Employee 2 was struck in the head and sustained a concussion but was not hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate