Incident date: 2018-10-13
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was removing roller pins from a tray with a hammer when an automated piece of manufacturing line equipment was activated by a sensor and caught the employee's lower left leg between steel components. The equipment continued to press down, causing a compound fracture of the lower left leg above the ankle but below the midpoint of the shin.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate