Incident date: 2020-09-06
NAICS industry code: 312120

Employees were installing a new belt and buckets in a grain elevator. Two employees were struck by the belt and bucket assembly as it was being installed by crane when the rigging gave way. The first employee was hospitalized for a broken leg. The second employee sustained nerve damage to an arm and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: low