Incident date: 2020-07-13
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was using a mechanical hammer to clean debris from the furnace. As the impact of the hammer knocked debris loose a large section of debris fell and struck the employee resulting in hospitalization for a crushing/blunt force trauma injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate