Incident date: 2025-02-26
NAICS industry code: 331221

On February 26, 2025, maintenance team was called to replace a bearing on the overarm on a slitter. At approximately 4:24 PM, employees were utilizing the designated rolling platform (approximately 2 feet above the ground) to access the overarm (approximately 6-7 feet above the ground). An employee stepped down off the platform and climbed onto the slitter machine. They slipped and fell approximately 3 feet to the concrete ground below, landing on their right elbow. The employee was hospitalized with an open fracture to the right distal humerus.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate