Incident date: 2022-11-20
NAICS industry code: 311411

An employee was clearing a jammed wooden pallet from a robotic stacker/palletizer machine. As the pallet was adjusted, the employee's right forearm was crushed in the frame of the palletizer. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Stacking machinery
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate