Incident date: 2024-12-05
NAICS industry code: 311611

Two maintenance employees were unplugging a hair chute on a 9' high bin. One employee accessed the chute through the access door. Hair and air blew out the access door and knocked the employee backward off the top of the hair bin to the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to both wrists. The machine does not have guard rails and fall protection was not in place at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats  except confined space
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate