Incident date: 2021-03-21
NAICS industry code: 324191

An employee was diagnosing issues with a palletizer. As he was working to realign the row-former and removing bolts on a guard to access the counterweight mechanism, the counterweight actuated. He was caught between the row-former and a steel support beam and suffered broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Stacking machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate