Incident date: 2016-04-19
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was cutting metal bands containing paper bales when a 500-pound bale fell from the stack and onto the employee. She sustained crushing and struck-by injuries, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate