Incident date: 2024-04-15
NAICS industry code: 333611

An employee was working with a dual flow steam diaphragm on a 500-pound lathe machine. A machine part came off the spindle, colliding with machine guarding doors and causing a door to come loose and fall outward from the machine. The door struck the employee, knocking them to the floor and pinning them from the waist down. The employee sustained a broken pelvis and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Exterior vehicle and machine parts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate