Incident date: 2024-09-19
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was cleaning coal build-up inside pulverizers that were 10 feet 3 inches wide and contained three stationary rollers. After dislodging a piece of coal, the employee exited the pulverizers when the converging floor moved and their left leg was caught between one of the three rollers. The employee suffered injuries including a laceration to the lower left thigh and multiple fractures to the lower left leg. The motor to the converging floor was not in place at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Compactors, crushers, pulverizers earth, mineral
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Multiple leg locations  n.e.c.
severity: moderate