Incident date: 2025-08-04
NAICS industry code: 311119

An employee was working on removing the gearbox from the drive shaft of the motor assembly of a feather drier. He was using a hydraulic tool to pull the pieces apart when a bolt dislodged from the eye of the gearbox and the corner of the gearbox broke off. The employee was struck in the nose (sinus cavity), resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Rivets, bolts
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Nose, nasal cavity
severity: moderate