Incident date: 2023-02-24
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was welding and grinding the motor mounts under the tail sawyer. The equipment was repressurized, causing the hydraulic unit to actuate and pin the employee. They sustained a right femur fracture that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate