Incident date: 2024-10-09
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was spacing cow carcasses, which were suspended on the railing of a conveyor. A carcass came off the railing and fell to the killing floor. A shackle also fell off the conveyor, and it struck the middle of the employee's left foot and broke it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate