Incident date: 2015-10-22
NAICS industry code: 321918

An employee was in training on a new line when a piece of wood flooring came loose under the vacuum lift.  The machine was turned off, but remained energized.  The employee climbed over the fence around the vacuum lift, tripping a sensor, and the vacuum lift came down on him with wood flooring attached.  The employee suffered fractured back bones and broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate