Incident date: 2016-09-30
NAICS industry code: 444110

An employee and two coworkers were reverse-rolling a 110-foot roll of carpet for a scheduled carpet installation. After reverse-rolling the carpet, the team proceeded to operate the carpet machine in order to shrink-wrap it. During this process, the carpet fell off the machine and struck the injured employee in the left leg, breaking the kneecap and requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate