Incident date: 2023-12-01
NAICS industry code: 423990

On December 1, 2023, an employee was trying to retrieve a fallen wooden board from a layer picker machine. The machine's vacuum head lowered onto the employee, pinning them against the lumber. The employee suffered crushing injuries to the torso: broken ribs and lacerations to the liver and spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Stacking machinery
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate