Incident date: 2015-06-24
NAICS industry code: 811121

An employee was putting a 5-ton tool into the thermoformer with a cart. The tool was misaligned and was hitting the alignment block. When the employee reversed the cart, the tool fell off the thermoformer onto the floor, forcing the cart back. The employee was pinned between the cart and a conveyer, causing injuries to his ribs and lungs. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate