Incident date: 2025-08-11
NAICS industry code: 311223

An employee was testing a limit switch on a bale bagger. The bagger was activated and moved forward about 9 inches, pinning the employee's right hand. He was hospitalized with a broken thumb and a laceration to the hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Balers, baggers
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate