Incident date: 2022-07-18
NAICS industry code: 333111

An employee was trying to remove the rollers from the bottom of a lathe using a piece of channel iron and two small jacks. As the employee was jacking up the jacks, the channel iron fell off and struck the employee's right forearm, breaking his radius.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate