Incident date: 2025-03-29
NAICS industry code: 561910

A maintenance technician was replacing a small motor on a pre-feeder. When the old motor was removed, a section of the machine moved backward and caught the technician's right arm. His arm was fractured above and below the elbow and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple arm locations
severity: moderate