Incident date: 2022-03-02
NAICS industry code: 423310

An employee was running an edger machine. While retrieving a piece of wood from behind the machine, the employee was caught in the head rig area next to the saw. The employee suffered broken ribs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate