Incident date: 2016-08-02
NAICS industry code: 424990

An employee was ejecting a bale from a baler. He was standing in front of the bale while pushing the button to eject it. The bale began to come out and his right ankle was caught underneath it, breaking his right lower leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate