Incident date: 2024-09-26
NAICS industry code: 333318

An employee was on a step of a horizontal boring mill, using an air nozzle to blow metal chips into a hopper when he tripped and fell into the machine. A spindle inside the milling machine grabbed his shirt and pulled him around, causing broken ribs and lacerations to the head and face that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine platforms, surfaces
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate