Incident date: 2020-02-27
NAICS industry code: 333415

An employee was manually pulling electrical wiring through the rear side of a 300-pound, partially assembled HVAC unit, when the unit tipped over and landed on the employee. The employee sustained a fractured lumbar vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate