Incident date: 2024-11-07
NAICS industry code: 237310

Two employees were unbolting a section of the hopper at a screening plant when it came unseated. The hopper wing struck the injured employee as they were bent over picking up a washer. The employee sustained fractures to their pelvis and lower back vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Parts and materials  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate