Incident date: 2023-08-11
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was cleaning a single screen machine that had been jammed by a garden hose. The employee exited the machine onto the belt guard and jumped from the belt guard to the ground three feet below. When he landed, he broke his left femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate