Incident date: 2022-11-10
NAICS industry code: 331316

Two employees were changing a die on a casting machine, about 8 feet above the ground. One of them bumped into a guardrail while standing up straight; it came out of its bracket and the employee fell to the ground, sustaining a fractured hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Casting machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate