Incident date: 2025-06-23
NAICS industry code: 311710

An employee was in a tunnel freezer, which was being turned on for the first time. The baffling for the evaporator fan got stuck in the siding. The employee ascended a 5'9"-tall cart to reach the raised baffling panel. The raised baffling shifted and dropped, trapping the employee's arm between the aluminum and foam core baffling. The employee sustained a severe laceration to the lower forearm/upper wrist and severed ligaments. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine parts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate