Incident date: 2018-10-23
NAICS industry code: 541990

The injured employee was walking down the length of the QA final bench or pipe inspection area. One employee pulled the release cord while another employee pushed the bridge arm down button that signals the hydraulic bridge arms to rotate approximately 90 degrees to the stop position. The arm struck the injured employee across the chest and pinned him to the post at the stop position. The employee suffered bruising and contusions to the chest area including the lungs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate