Incident date: 2024-06-15
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee replaced a hydraulic hose on a hydraulic cylinder that is used to close the furnace doors. The employee was testing the machine and went to adjust or fix the hose when his right arm was caught between the cylinder and the frame of the furnace. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured distal ulnar shaft.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Furnaces, heaters
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate