Incident date: 2016-12-26
NAICS industry code: 331222

On December 26, 2016, two employees were moving a 90 inch metal reel using a forklift and a 4 X 4 wooden block. The reel spun and pinned the injured employee between the reel and the support beam resulting in a fractured rib and vertebrae and a collapsed lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate