Incident date: 2016-01-09
NAICS industry code: 332911

An employee was moving a valve body with a hoist from a CNC Machine to the side of the machine.  The valve body slipped from the clamps that were holding it and hit the employee in the right leg between the knee and ankle. His leg broke.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate