Incident date: 2024-01-06
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was removing a pallet that had become stuck on a pallet tipper machine. When the stuck pallet was dislodged, other pallets moved and pinned the employee against part of the machine. The employee suffered broken ribs and a laceration to the liver.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate