Incident date: 2016-10-27
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was running film on a production line. While trying to remove excess plastic film from a rubber roller, the employee suffered an avulsion injury to the left palm. The machine was running at the time of the incident. The employee was hospitalized for a skin graft.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate