Incident date: 2020-04-02
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee went onto a rollcase to try and release a board that was trapped inside the outfeed rollcase of an edger machine. He lost his balance and fell 10 feet onto a steel waste chute, then slid an additional 10 feet to the bottom of the chute. He suffered a fractured pelvis and broken ribs, as well as a laceration above the eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate