Incident date: 2024-10-31
NAICS industry code: 812332

An employee was working on an industrial dryer when the dryer door fell due to a defective air blocking valve that normally holds the door in place. The employee was struck in the neck and shoulder by the dryer door and sustained fractures to his C1 and C3 vertebrae, a spinal compression at the C2 vertebra, and a bruised right shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate