Incident date: 2022-10-20
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was removing the wires on bales of hardwood pulp when a bale fell onto the employee. The employee sustained crush injuries to the lower extremities including the pelvis as well as a displaced pelvis and a displaced lumbar vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Multiple types of dislocations
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate