Incident date: 2020-10-26
NAICS industry code: 311710

On October 26, 2020, an employee was using a ladder to clear fishmeal from the cyclone funnel meal feeder on an elevated conveyor. While walking on the conveyor, the employee stepped onto a breaker box that was mounted on a pole alongside the conveyor. The breaker box broke free from it's metal mounting bracket, and the employee fell approximately 5'6" to the floor. The employee's right arm was lacerated by a mounting bracket as he fell. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to close the wound.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Towers, poles, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate