Incident date: 2018-10-12
NAICS industry code: 448140

On 10/12/18, an employee was moving a large loom that was mounted to a table on iron caster wheels when one of the caster wheels broke, causing the loom to tip forward and strike the employee's chest. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
code_source: title: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate