Incident date: 2025-05-28
NAICS industry code: 334510

On May 28, 2025, two maintenance employees were working on a flipper mechanism that was intermittently getting stuck during its vertical movement cycle. An employee began removing the bottom motor of the flipper assembly. The gearbox unexpectedly detached along with the motor. This caused the flipper arm (weighing ~250 pounds) to lose mechanical support and fall, striking an employee. The flipper arm caused injuries to both of his arms. His wrist and fingers were injured and he sustained fractures to an elbow. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate