Incident date: 2018-02-17
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was refinishing a roll of paper in the refinishing area. The employee manually pushed the roll onto the slat conveyor, however the roll continued on, striking a barrier and causing the roll to bounce back to the slat conveyor. The roll then rolled back to the barrier, striking the employee in the left arm and fracturing the ulna.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate