Incident date: 2022-03-07
NAICS industry code: 112120

An employee was conducting maintenance on a piece of equipment called a separator, which had been hoisted up using a crane. As the employee reached for a gasket in the separator, two of the pieces being held up came loose and landed on the employee's left forearm. The employee suffered multiple fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Dairy and milk processing machinery-specialized
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate