Incident date: 2023-06-08
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was inspecting a bottle filling machine and attempting to remove the filter when a stainless-steel strainer flew out of the machine and struck him in the lower extremities. The employee fell to the ground and sustained fractures to both legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate