Incident date: 2023-08-22
NAICS industry code: 812332

An employee was using a push pole to move an overhead laundry bag along the automated conveyor system. The computer overfilled the bag with blankets and sheets, causing the 600-pound bag to rip. The bag and its contents fell and struck the employee. He sustained a vertebral fracture in his back and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Bags, sacks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate